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Owen Hargreaves names the Arsenal player who was the ‘star of the show’ v Nottingham Forest

Giuseppe Labellarte

Sat 23 November 2024 19:45, UK

Arsenal have returned to winning ways with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest in their Premier League clash on Saturday.

The G𓆏unners opened the scoring in the 15th minute 💧through Bukayo Saka, who latched onto Martin Odegaard’s flick before driving across the box and firing into the far corner.

Arsenal continued to dominate against the Reds and grabbe🎀d a second in the 52nd minute as Saka teed up Thomas Partey to rifle home from 25 yards.

Mikel Arteta’s charges stifled Forest throughout the game, as they ൩failed to test David Raya for the whole of the 90 minutes.

Then, Arsenal added the cherry on top in the 86th minute as Ethan Nwaneri scored his first Gunners goal, slotting home Raheem Sterling’s cross to wrap upဣ all thr💛ee points.

After the game, Premier League pundit Owen Hargreaves spoke highly abou𝓀t an Arsenal player he said was “the star of the show”.

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Martin Odegaard the ‘star of the show’ for Arsenal v Nottingham Forest

The player in question is Martin Odegaard, whose recent return to action showed just how 🦂much Arsenal have missed him.

Hargreaves, speaking on after the game, also prais🍷ed Forest for their efforts this season⛦ but acknowledged Arsenal had too much for them.

“Nottingham Forest have been unbelievable this season, especially on tꦜhe counterattack,” he said.

“But it was probably too much to ask of them to turn up and do somꦆething at the Emirates… Martin Odegaard was absolutely star of the show.”

Martin Odegaard stats and ratings v Forest

Odegaard clocked up some impressive stats o🐓n the day, including six key passesꦺ and four ground duels won.

gave the Norwegian an 8 out of 10 rating and wrote: “The Norwegian was simply electric in the first half. Ar🧸senal looked back close to their rampant best as he combin🀅ed with everyone on the team.

“His assist for Saka’s goal was smart and a lovely way to cap off his return to the Emirates Stadium. Has he arrived just in time to save the Gunne♍rs in the title race?”

Meanwhile, the went with 9 out of 10 and wrote: “A dominant performance from ꧑the Arsenal captain, which underl🐼ined how badly they have missed him.

“Created ✨the opening goal after a lovely give-and-go with Saka and the pair looked so sharp all game.”