The Norwegian midfielder says the Gunners were worth the mental problems as they lost 2-1 to Everton on Monday.
What did Martin Odegaard say?
Martin Odegaard scored just before half-time to put Arsenal 1-0 at Goodison Park, but Demarai Gray and Richarlison were fired in the second period to secure their first Premier League win since September. The Gunners, meanwhile, have now lost two matches in a row in the English top race and Martin feels their mentality has cost them the last bit of frustration.
Martin Odegaard said after the match that he thinks it is a problem of thinking. “When you are leading 1-0 you are afraid of losing the victory and in my opinion, this is what we did wrong today. You go to the second goal and that was the intention, but we didn’t manage to do it on the serve, ”Martin said.
Martin Odegaard added that this is difficult to accept. Martin thinks they were generally not at the level they needed to be today. According to Martin Odegaard, they had some good points, but should do much better. they had to be better. Hard to say. It happens sometimes. It’s hard to say exactly what happened. they have to do better when they have this lead. they stopped playing and gave them the game they wanted to play.
What did the Arsenal manager say?
Arteta became disenchanted with his side’s performance against the Toffees, admitting that their use of the ball was not good enough. Mikel Arteta said that in the first half they strongly disagreed with the ball. he didn’t like it. No penetration. One of the few times they’ve done it, they’ve scored. In the second half, they tried to do more of those things, created four big chances, but conceded a very sloppy goal when it comes to controlling the game. According to Mikel Arteta, they were unable to take the ball to the final third. They won’t give you time, at Goodison you know what to expect. Areta thinks the team tried to walk, they kept pushing high. they lost several important fights, which put some pressure on them.