Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock has heaped praise on Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard after his match-winning performance in their game against Newcastle United.
Odegaard has been a standout performer for the club this season and is enjoying his career-best-scoring campaign.
The Norwegian is the club’s captain and has led by example for much of this campaign.
He scored the opener in the tough win against the Magpies and had a good game, which impressed Warnock, who said on BBC Radio 5 Live:
“What a breath-taking player Martin Odegaard is.
“Magical on the ball. So confident, so calm. Arguably, one of the players of the season.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Odegaard has been a superb player for us and the midfielder is one man we can trust to deliver top performances whenever he steps on the pitch.
Warnock’s praise does not come as a surprise because the midfielder has been one of the finest players in the league this term.
We have some games to go, and we hope he stays in form and leads us to success at the end of the campaign.
He will also be a big player for us next season and if he does well, we will probably challenge for even more trophies.
Captain Odegaard at his best.
There was a lot crap about Newcastle physicality and how they firmly beat us last season, but some fans and pundits memory are short they simply for got the worst game of this season when they hide the entire game at the Emirates.
I too consider Odegaard as our most key player this season and am thankful he has hardly missed a game in thePrem.
He is irreplaceable and only bettered in his position, in all the PREM, by KDB, PROBABLY THE WORLDS VERY BEST MIDFIELDER
Agreed
This season,I don’t think KDB stats can beat his
What another great performance! Where are all the critics who were saying he always goes missing in big games?
He’s our new Cesc in my opinion.
He has gone missing in plenty of key games before, but he’s also been improving consistently since he joined, and I think he’ll continue doing so. It’s clear he’s got a fantastic attitude to go with his talent.
I don’t think he’s as good as fabregas yet (fabregas’ more incisive passing being the key difference imo), but he’s getting there – he may well overtake him in the coming years.
The times Martin Odegaard “goes missing” in games are when opposition managers man mark him, often double teaming him defensively, close down his passing lanes and he is kicked from pillar to post.
As jon fox states Martin Odegaard is a key player for Arsenal this season; opposition managers know that if you stop him you limit Arsenal in attack.
When Odeggard gets double teamed then its up to his teammate who doesn’t have a player marking him or double teamed to benefit from it.
Yes, but i don’t remember fabregas being so easy to stop. Possibly because he played a slightly more withdrawn role? Either way I’m confident in the way odegaard is developing
Davi I think ‘plenty of games’ is a bit of an exaggeration. You don’t score 15 goals from midfield by going missing in plenty of games. And in most games when Odegaard supposedly goes missing,usually the entire team is not playing well so it’s kind of unfair to single him out.