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Odegaard brings fluidity to us: Arteta
The Straits Times
|November 25, 2024
Mikel Arteta said his Arsenal team "flows in a different way" when Martin Odegaard is playing, after the Gunners crushed Nottingham Forest 3-0 on Nov 23 to end their winless run.
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Arsenal, Premier League runners-up for the past two seasons, started the campaign strongly but their form dipped and they kicked off on Nov 23 nine points behind leaders Liverpool.
Victory at the Emirates lifts them to 22 points, level with third-placed Chelsea and one behind champions Manchester City, whose poor form continued with a surprise 4-0 home defeat by Tottenham Hotspur in the late match.
Arsenal took the lead in the 15th minute when Saka exchanged passes with Odegaard on the edge of the area before lashing a left-footed shot into the roof of the net.
"I think that's chemistry. You meet somebody and you make eye contact and something flows. It happens on the field and off the field. In football it's very hard to say," Arteta said of the duo, who proved too much for Forest to handle.
This story is from the November 25, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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