{"id":296846,"date":"2023-10-23T06:09:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T06:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296846"},"modified":"2023-10-23T06:09:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T06:09:19","slug":"arsenal-have-growing-martin-odegaard-problem-to-cause-concern-for-mikel-arteta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/arsenal-have-growing-martin-odegaard-problem-to-cause-concern-for-mikel-arteta\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal have growing Martin Odegaard problem to cause concern for Mikel Arteta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/67\/590x\/secondary\/Arsenal-news-Martin-Odegaard-Mikel-Arteta-5026603.jpg?r=1697987575448\"><\/p>\n<p>Martin Odegaard was rightly rewarded with a new and improved contract by Arsenal last month after excelling since taking the captain&#8217;s armband. However, the Norwegian has been quietly struggling of late to cause a growing concern for manager Mikel Arteta.<\/p>\n<p>Odegaard penned a deal in September to keep him at the Emirates until 2028. Arsenal fans rejoiced and formed a new chant for their skipper at around the same time.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt that he was one of the best players in the Premier League last season. He was the club&#8217;s joint-top scorer with 15 goals from midfield and contributed another seven assists.<\/p>\n<p>He was a big reason as to why Arsenal were challengers for the title in the first place. The Gunners have had a solid, if not spectacular, start to this season.<\/p>\n<p>They sit second in the table and are one of only two teams to remain unbeaten. But something isn&#8217;t clicking in the final third as it was last term.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Read more&#8230; <\/strong> <strong>Sir Jim Ratcliffe has already settled on &#8216;No 1 target&#8217; to replace Erik ten Hag<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/67\/590x\/secondary\/Arsenal-news-Martin-Odegaard-Mikel-Arteta-5026604.jpg?r=1697987575690\"><\/p>\n<p>Whether Odegaard is a cause of the problem, or a consequence of it, remains to be seen. But he is not hitting the levels he managed during his first campaign with the armband.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to look at statistics to see that, he was a shadow of himself against Chelsea on Saturday. But stats are also a good pointer as to where he is with his game right now.<\/p>\n<p>Odegaard has three goals in the league this season but two of them have been penalties. He didn&#8217;t take a single spot-kick last season in his tally of 15.<\/p>\n<p>His creativity is also down, having made just two big chances for his team-mates in the first nine league games of the campaign. That constitutes a big chance every 4.5 matches, whereas last season he was doing so every 2.6 matches.<\/p>\n<p>He has just one assist this term in nine outings, compared to an average of one assist every 5.2 matches in the 2022\/23 campaign. There could be several reasons for Odegaard&#8217;s drop off that are beyond his control.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Advert-free experience without interruptions.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Rocket-fast speedy loading pages.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Exclusive &amp; Unlimited access to all our content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Man Utd set to be stung by Saudi Arabia with Sir Jim Ratcliffe plan &#8216;in danger'[REPORT] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Ole Gunnar Solskjaer problem has &#8216;returned&#8217; at Man Utd as Sancho earns new ally[QUOTES] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou gets the last laugh as Antonio Conte red-faced[COLUMN] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal have slightly changed their way of playing this season with the introduction of Declan Rice and Kai Havertz to the midfield. Thomas Partey has not started a game since August due to injury but played at right-back when he did to create a different dynamic.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli, two of Arsenal&#8217;s smartest attackers, have also missed matches due to injury. Not having them to get on the end of Odegaard&#8217;s incisive passes may have had an impact.<\/p>\n<p>But it will be a concern to Arteta that his main creative force has not been able to make the difference in big matches. He didn&#8217;t register a goal or assist in the games against Tottenham, Manchester City and Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal&#8217;s recent success has been based a lot on Odegaard performing at a high level. They need him back to his best if they are to mount a title charge next May.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1826731\/Arsenal-news-Martin-Odegaard-Mikel-Arteta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Odegaard was rightly rewarded with a new and improved contract by Arsenal last month after excelling since taking the <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal have growing Martin Odegaard problem to cause concern for Mikel Arteta - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/arsenal-have-growing-martin-odegaard-problem-to-cause-concern-for-mikel-arteta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arsenal have growing Martin Odegaard problem to cause concern for Mikel Arteta - 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