Mikel Arteta picks out angry Arsenal star despite dominant Champions League win

Arsenal person each but secured their spot successful the Last 16 of the Champions League aft beating Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 acknowledgment to goals from Declan Rice, Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard

Martin Odegaard was singled retired by Mikel Arteta aft scoring successful Arsenal's awesome 3-0 triumph implicit Dinamo Zagreb.

The Gunners person 1 ft successful the Champions League knockout signifier after winning against Zagreb courtesy of goals from Declan Rice, Kai Havertz and Odegaard, who netted successful 2nd fractional stoppage time.

Arsenal cognize that they are successful the Last 16 barroom a dense decision against Girona successful their last radical crippled adjacent week. And it was a nighttime to retrieve for Odegaard, who scored conscionable his 2nd extremity of the season.

Odegaard's run has been disrupted by an ankle injury but helium volition person an influential relation to play if the Gunners are to pursuit down Liverpool successful the Premier League rubric race.

And Arteta felt Odegaard's 'angry' solemnisation aft said extremity was telling, saying post-match: "Yes, I'm happy. We generated rather a batch [of chances]. Declan [Rice] especially, but helium missed a fewer large chances, and truly bully from Martin [Odegaard].

"His archetypal extremity [and] helium truly needed that. You could archer by the mode helium celebrated that helium had an choler and a tendency to bash it, truthful wide a truly affirmative night."

Odegaard missed Arsenal's archetypal 3 games successful Europe this play arsenic a effect of the ankle wounded helium sustained portion connected planetary work with Norway backmost successful September.

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The Gunners volition beryllium hoping his onslaught successful Zagreb is simply a motion that helium is getting backmost to his champion signifier pursuing a sensational 2023-24 campaign, wherever helium amassed 22 extremity contributions crossed each competitions.

Although Arsenal made a dilatory commencement successful the new-look Champions League, they beryllium 3rd successful the standings down Liverpool and Barcelona, who are the lone 2 teams guaranteed a last-16 spot up of the last circular of radical fixtures adjacent week. And the effect volition besides springiness them a boost up of their adjacent home lucifer this play arsenic they pursuit down Liverpool astatine the apical of the Premier League.

Reflecting connected a occupation good done, Arteta added: "I'm precise blessed to triumph again astatine location and get a cleanable sheet, 4 successful a enactment successful the competition. It's a monolithic step.

"We're precise adjacent to achieving the extremity we had earlier the radical signifier started."

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