Mikel Arteta will probably be in tears at what Martin Odegaard did to PSV

Pundits and commentators alike will probably be mentally dissecting Arsenal’s ludicrous 7-1 hammering of PSV within the Champions League for years to come back.

You would forgive the informal observer for questioning how on earth the Gunners managed to attain seven objectives while their ahead line was largely decimated by accidents.

For the file, Mikel Arteta’s males have been lacking Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli as they took on the reigning Eredivisie champions.

Completely no downside for Arsenal who, with a big serving to hand from Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard, completely blew their opposition away in enemy territory.

Martin Odegaard delivered a traditional Champions League show

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It was an excellent crew efficiency from the guests, however it will be remiss of analysts to not single out skipper Odegaard for his world-class show on Tuesday evening.

Because it turned out, the midfield technician didn’t want a serving to hand from the on-pitch official after having been pretty denied a first-half penalty.

The Norway worldwide greater than earned his 9.2/10 ranking from Sofascore, as he glided throughout the pitch, offering one help and scoring twice in Arsenal’s seven-goal mauling of PSV.

The fashionable midfielder additionally picked up:

53 touches
86% go success fee (37/43)
3 key passes
1 large probability created
1/3 dribbles accomplished
2/6 floor duels received

Chris Sutton in awe of Odegaard show v PSV

You get the impression that commentators are working out of superlatives to explain Odegaard’s means.

Chris Sutton was extremely complimentary of the ex-Actual Madrid star’s help for Riccardo Calafiori’s objective on BBC Radio 5 Reside (by way of BBC Sport): “The deftness of the go, a go of brilliance from Martin Odegaard. Riccardo Calafiori feeds the ball previous Walter Benitez.”

It simply appears to be like easy for the 26-year-old Arsenal captain who performed a vital function in placing Peter Bosz’s males to the sword.

The Gunners’ rivals might scoff and shrug on the tie given the comparative high quality of the opposition to the likes of Liverpool’s upcoming PSG conflict.

Nevertheless, the importance of killing off a first-leg tie forward of a gathering with certainly one of Madrid’s footballing sides can’t be understated.