Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta heaped praise on Martin Odegaard following his exceptional performance against Burnley in the Premier League.
The Gunners continued their rich vein of form with a fifth successive league win. They cruised to a comfortable 5-0 victory at Turf Moor.
Odegaard started the scoring after just four minutes on the clock and also provided the assist for Bukayo Saka’s second goal of the encounter.
The Norwegian ended the game with 88 touches and 61 passes. He created three chances and won 100 per cent of his take-ons and aerial duels.
Speaking after the 5-0 rout, Arteta was delighted for the club captain. He said that he is in a ‘really good’ moment and ‘hitting form’ at the right time.
He told Arsenal.com: “I think confidence-wise he’s in a really good moment, and physically as well with the way he applies himself; defending, attacking, the connection, the movement that he gave us on the right-hand side, it’s really good. He’s hitting form.”
I don’t know, I didn’t notice that he made that gesture. But he was really happy in the dressing room. The way he played again today, he was exceptional. I don’t think he needs to send any message, he needs to be himself.