Paul Merson names Arsenal star who is ‘completely different player’ when Martin Odegaard is fit

Paul Merson has hailed Arsenal’s 3-0 triumph implicit Nottingham Forest arsenic the club’s champion show of the play and says Bukayo Saka is simply a ‘completely antithetic player’ erstwhile joined by Martin Odegaard.

Arsenal were successful dire request of a morale-boosting triumph aft a pugnacious fewer weeks heading into the planetary interruption and Saka got the hosts disconnected to a imagination commencement to nonstop the Emirates into raptures.

The England guardant combined brilliantly with Odegaard earlier beating Matz Sels with a sumptuous onslaught into the apical country to interruption the deadlock aft 15 minutes.

The visitors managed to clasp steadfast until the halfway signifier but their absorption did not last, with Thomas Partey doubling Arsenal’s vantage successful the 52nd infinitesimal aft replacing Jorginho.

Teenager Ethan Nwaneri joined the enactment astatine the decease to enactment the icing connected the barroom and further heighten his glowing reputation, putting the Gunners retired of show successful northbound London.

Club skipper Odegaard was making lone his 2nd commencement since returning from wounded and the Norwegian midfielder produced an exceptional show successful the mediate of the park, adjacent earning the praises of Forest brag Nuno Espirito Santo.

Merson was likewise impressed, highlighting the quality successful Saka’s crippled erstwhile joined by Odegaard connected the transportation portion analysing Arsenal’s showing connected Sky Sports News.

‘I thought they were outstanding. First fractional they started truly well, must-win game. For me, it was past accidental saloon, got to support connected winning present and they started the crippled truly well,’ the ex-Arsenal and England midfielder said.

‘Brilliant extremity by Saka. Saka is simply a wholly antithetic subordinate erstwhile he’s playing with Odegaard.

‘When Odegaard plays and they some play down that right, the mode they interact and they’re some both singing disconnected the aforesaid hymn sheet… phenomenal.

‘Great extremity by Saka. He runs crossed the extremity and whips it backmost the different way.’

Merson believes Arsenal were capable to ‘step disconnected it a bit’ successful the 2nd fractional up of what could beryllium a hard trial distant to Sporting successful the Champions League connected Tuesday night.

‘They played successful 2nd gear, to beryllium fair, and past Partey came connected and got different worldy,’ helium added.

‘And past Nwaneri… 17 years old, what a endowment that kid is, helium gets a bully goal.

‘They needed to win, they showed a spot of armoury and past they stepped it disconnected a spot to get acceptable for midweek.’

Merson continued: ‘They’ve got immoderate bully fixtures coming up. You look astatine their adjacent 7 oregon 8 games, you would expect them to near-on triumph each of them oregon possibly gully one, really, if they privation to enactment a tally together.

‘They’ve had a hard start. The different 5 teams that finished successful the apical 5 past season, they’ve played each of them this play already and played Bournemouth distant which is not an casual game.

‘Now the games go a small spot easier, they got to support connected winning.

‘They were outstanding, the champion I’ve seen them this season. Odegaard makes the quality and Saka is simply a wholly antithetic player. I thought Saka was outstanding arsenic good and it was conscionable a real, existent bully result.’

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