Odegaard has always been a very good player. In this Arsenal system, he's become a great one
Xhaka didn’t quite have the pace to reach this though ball. But it drew a gasp of breath from around the Emirates — no-one, aside from Odegaard and Xhaka, knew this pass was even a possibility.
But Odegaard intelligently pauses, has two extra touches of the ball while opening up his body and glancing over towards left-back. Again, that shifts West Ham’s attentions to the far side — look at the two players on the far side roughly in line with Odegaard, looking to move up the pitch.
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