By Grey Whitebloom Arsenal laboured to a 2-1 victory away to Nottingham Forest on Tuesday evening to close the gap at the Premier League summit. Forest defended stoutly for 64 solid – if insufferable – minutes. Yet, Arsenal’s efficiency from dead balls saved them once again, with a shrewd throw-in (and Matt Turner’s welcoming stance) leading to Gabriel Jesus’ opener. Bukayo Saka doubled the visitors’ lead seven short minutes later. Taiwo Awoniyi halved the deficit to set up a tense stoppage time but the visitors managed to cling on to their slender advantage, climbing two points behind league-…