Arteta explains ‘intellegent’ Odegaard’s magic for Arsenal
Joining Arsenal on Loan from Real Madrid this January, Arteta admits that the Norwegian is making the Gunners a more difficult outfit to contain as with a solid performance against Olympiacos on Thursday he once again showed the value he can offer to Arsenal.
Arteta
told the Gunners’ official website: “He helps us to do the processes much better.
“He helps us as a team because he gives us a lot of continuity on the ball.
“He's really intelligent to find the spaces, he attracts a lot of opponents. We ask him to score goals, to arrive in the box.
“Today, he scored a brilliant goal and his contribution was really important for the team.”
Odegaard, Gabriel Magalhaes,
and
Mohamed Elneny
scored as the Gunners stepped closer to Europa League’s next round by a 3-1 victory over the Greek giants.
Willian
, who was criticized earlier this season for his poor performance, continued to show the signs of his uprising during the match.
Arteta
added: “I think he was really good again.
“I wanted to give him some continuity because he deserves it. He's training really well.
“Another assist and then Elneny, he's been practising those shots from outside the box with Roundy and today he got his rewards. I'm really happy with the subs as well, the way they came on.”
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