Martin Odegaard admits that he hasn’t contributed enough to the Arsenal attack this season after playing a starring role in their 7-1 thrashing of PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday night.
Six different players got on the scoresheet for the Gunners, with the Norwegian scoring twice and assisting another to help the north London outfit put one foot into the quarter-finals of the Uefa Champions League.
“After the last few games we needed this performance,” Odegaard told Amazon Prime Video. “Brilliant from start to end. Really good going forward, creating chances, scoring goals. Unfortunately conceded one goal but top performance.”
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The midfielder said Arsenal put more emphasis on putting away their chances in training this week after failing to score against Nottingham Forest and West Ham in consecutive Premier League matches. Before Tuesday they had only found the net twice in their last four games in all competitions, both of which came against strugglers Leicester City.
“We work hard every day and especially after performances like West Ham and Forest,” Odegaard said. “We’ve been working on a lot of finishing but the same as always. We always work hard. Tonight it all clicked.
“We’ve had a bit extra focus on it after the last few games. We know we have quality. You see today at this level it’s fun, we created so much so it was good to get everything out.”
Martin Odegaard wants more goals after Arsenal thrash PSV
Odegaard came into the game with just goal involvements this term, something he’s keen to improve upon after playing a role in 22 goals last season.
He said: “Every player in my position want to influence the game with goals and assists and it’s something I haven’t been good enough at this season but two goals and one assist tonight is a good step.”
The 26-year-old added that he’s looking forward to a potential reunion with former club Real Madrid in the next round if they see off PSV in the return leg.
“It would be special to go back there,” he said. “Whoever we get we will be ready. We have to finish our job at home first and then see who we get.”
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