The lone piece of data that refutes Kevin De Bruyne’s assessment of the Arsenal star.
Martin Odegaard, the captain of Arsenal, has scored an impressive amount of goals over the past 12 months.
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Martin Odegaard, the captain of Arsenal, has made a name for himself as one of the top midfielders in the world over the past couple of years.
The Arsenal captain has improved steadily while playing as Mikel Arteta’s right-sided number eight and consistently scoring goals.
In actuality, since the start of the 2022–23 season, only five players have scored more non-penalty Premier League goals than Odegaard.
Given that all five of those players are forwards, while the Norwegian international plays more like a midfielder, these numbers appear even more impressive. The former Real Madrid playmaker scored his 16th non-penalty league goal on Sunday as his team defeated Manchester United 3-1, giving him a staggering 12-goal league scoring.
Bruno Fernandes, United’s creative mastermind, has six non-penalty goals in the same time frame, ten fewer than Odegaard, which makes Kevin De Bruyne’s recent ranking of the two players even more perplexing.
The Manchester City player ranked the Portugal international Fernandes first, followed by Odegaard and James Maddison of Tottenham.
Regarding Fernandes, De Bruyne said to Sky Sports, “I think he’s a creative machine, just in general.”.
“I believe Maddison to be extremely creative, but I need to see more of him in a large team so that can change.
Odegaard is very creative, but he’s a little more controlled.
That’s why I ranked him third.”.
He responded, “He’s been doing it for a long time, which is why I put the United star above the Arsenal captain.
Since he is younger, there is a difference even though Odegaard were incredible the previous year.
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After the Gunners’ aforementioned victory over the Red Devils, former Tottenham Hotspur player Garth Crooks made sure to give Odegaard his flowers by including him in his Premier League team of the week.
“His equalizer 35 seconds after Manchester United had taken the lead was a lifesaver for Arsenal,” Crooks wrote for the BBC.
They would have grown more frantic the longer the game went on without a response.
The way that Odegaard finished was excellent.
His technique was flawless because the ball came from a challenging angle.
“He hit the ball so beautifully that it flew past Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana.”.
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