Odegaard on Eze, Gyokeres and more derby joy | Interview | News

Before each recreation at Emirates Stadium, Martin Odegaard lifts the lid on the temper within the camp through his captain’s notes revealed within the matchday programme.

Ahead of at this time’s recreation in opposition to Chelsea, Martin displays on our good derby day final Sunday, and turns his consideration to a different key capital conflict when Chelsea arrive, and what it is like taking part in them so ceaselessly. Here is a snippet:

It was an awesome end result final weekend. To win the derby is at all times huge, however particularly given the best way we did it, it was even more particular.

Following on from the draw we had at Wolves there was loads of frustration. Our response was good, and in these few days between the 2 video games we did very well as a gaggle and as a staff. We targeted on ourselves and put in a robust efficiency. The means we acquired collectively in these few days was very important to the end result on the weekend for my part.

When you drop factors like we did at Wolves, it is at all times going to be irritating. It might be simple to let all of the response from the skin world have an effect on you. But as a gaggle, we acquired collectively, helped to get one another again up and regarded on the greater image. We knew a giant derby like that was the proper recreation to have subsequent as properly. So we had been prepared, we had been ready and we put in a high efficiency as properly.

What a day it was for Ebs! Their stats in opposition to them are simply loopy now. To get a hat-trick in his first north London derby and then two more final weekend is simply unbelievable, and I do know he scored a pair in opposition to them final season too. But even not together with the targets, I assumed his general efficiency was nice. He performed very well and actually deserved these targets. We had been all so glad for him.

Vik as properly scored two more targets and in equity he has been taking part in that means for some time now. As a striker I do know he likes to get the targets, and that offers him even more confidence and a distinct feeling on the pitch, however I feel he is been nice the entire time. You can actually see that now with the targets coming more and more usually, but in addition what he provides us on the pitch aside from the targets is very large. He’s doing very well and once more we’re all glad for him.

I heard it was 70 years since we final received 4 video games in a row away to Tottenham, so we ought to be proud as a gaggle to be concerned in a run like this in the meanwhile. We know what the sport means to our supporters, so that is huge for us, it is an awesome stat for us to have!

Our focus all week has been on at this time’s recreation in opposition to Chelsea, who we have now performed quite a bit just lately. The final recreation within the cup was a bit totally different as a result of they had been fairly defensive, so it was a good recreation with not a lot house for both staff. Other video games in opposition to them have been fairly open so we should see what it is like at this time. What we do know is that they’ve a number of gamers with particular person high quality, so we count on it to be a troublesome one once more.

For us, it is about attempting to play our personal recreation and impacting it how we wish to. You must adapt a bit to what the opposition are doing and their model and their means of taking part in, however we have now to be ourselves and play our recreation to begin with, particularly at house. It’s one other huge London derby and we’re all simply feeling excited to play and go once more.

Read the remainder of Martin’s notes, in addition to a bunch of different improbable content material, by shopping for the Arsenal v Chelsea program both across the stadium or on-line.