ESPN pundit Gabriele Marcotti was left seriously unimpressed by Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard after his anonymous display in his side’s 4-1 defeat against Manchester City.
The £30 million (Sky Sports) man looked invisible at times during the contest and perhaps his most notable moment was losing the ball in the build-up to Kevin De Bruyne’s second goal of the game.
Pundit Gabriele Marcotti pinpointed how poor Martin Odegaard was for Arsenal as his side were demolished by Manchester City.
Pundit Gabriele Marcotti slates Martin Odegaard as Manchester City beat Arsenal
The silky midfielder has been undoubtedly one of the best players in the Premier League this season.
Time and again, it has seemed like the former Real Madrid attacker always has the answers, be it through a big goal or an assist or through running the show from the first whistle.
However, pundit Gabriele Marcotti said that Arsenal skipper Martin Odegaard simply was not at the races in his side’s heavy loss to Manchester City.
“I want to give Odegaard a pass because he’s contributed so much and he’s young or whatever but he had zero impact in this game”, he said on ESPN UK.
It’s hard to disagree with the well-known Italian journalist.
HITC View: Odegaard was undeniably poor on the day
While the clamour for the Norwegian technician to improve in big games is overstated, he did massively underwhelm against City.
Sure, Odegaard and De Bruyne are different kinds of players but to see the latter take the game by the scruff of the neck is what the former should aspire to do.
Pundit Gabriele Marcotti is fair in pinpoint that as brilliant as Martin Odegaard has been for Arsenal this season, he simply did not turn up in his side’s biggest game of the campaign against Manchester City.
Once the 24-year-old makes a habit of stepping up when in the biggest moments is when he will transform from a world-class player to an elite performer.
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