Arsenal captain Odegaard delivered a man of the match performance capped by the final goal in his team’s dominant 3-0 victory in Cardiff on Sunday. Riccardo Calafiori netted Arsenal’s opener after just 24 seconds and Kai Havertz was also on the scoresheet before half-time in the annual curtain raiser to the English top-flight season.
Martin Odegaard warned Arsenal’s rivals that the Premier League champions want to “win everything” after starting their season by sweeping aside Manchester City in the Community Shield.
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard delivered a man of the match performance capped by the final goal in his team’s dominant 3-0 victory in Cardiff on Sunday.
“After the goal, the reaction was quite good. We had three or four chances to score and draw the game. Because in this kind of game the level is so similar that when you concede a goal, it then becomes difficult, disappointed with that.
“The goal we conceded after 24 seconds unfortunately affected the game. Since the start of the 2023-24 season, City have only won two of their nine matches against Arsenal, showing the widening gap between them that Maresca must find a way to close.
Unfortunately we conceded the second one and it became more complicated,” he said.
