Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, on Saturday, visited the Emirates Stadium in North London to watch Arsenal defeat Nottingham Forest in the English Premier League.
In a video shared on Twitter by the founder of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, Governor Sanwo-olu watched as the North London club won their first match of the 2023/2024 season.
Arsenal began their season with a 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest, who set up a tense finish despite stunning goals from Eddie Nketiah and Bukayo Saka.
The Gunners fans were made to wait to see their team get in the groove โ with kick-off at the Emirates Stadium delayed by half an hour due to turnstile issues โ but a couple of slick strikes put them in control by half-time.
Gabriel Martinelliโs stunning turn and flick allowed Nketiah to put a deflected effort past Matt Turner โ making his Forest debut after joining from Arsenal in midweek โ mid-way through the first half before Sakaโs stunning effort into the top corner doubled the lead six minutes later.
Arsenal were cruising towards victory, with new ยฃ105m midfielder Declan Rice hitting the post and Forest providing little at the top end of the pitch. But Taiwo Awoniyiโs goal back with seven minutes left caused a nervy end to matters at the Emirates.
Morgan Gibbs-White then curled what would have been an instant leveller over the bar, but Arsenal held on for an opening weekend win.