Arsenal skipper Martin Odegaard has opened up on the private chats he and his team-mates have held following "frustrating" recent performances. The Gunners are top of the Premier League table and have made it through to the knockout stage of the Europa League, but it hasn't been completely plain sailing.Arsenal have won 10 of their 12 league matches and are two points clear of champions Manchester City. Victory against Chelsea and Wolves will confirm top spot for Mikel Arteta's side at Christmas.The most recent win was perhaps the most emphatic of the campaign so far. A 5-0 demolition of Nottingham Forest sent the Emirates faithful home happy.But previous matches against Leeds and Southampton were less joyful for supporters. Arsenal somehow hung on to a 1-0 win at Elland Road before a 1-1 draw at St Mary's.READ MORE: Rodgers sends Tielemans message to Arsenal as 'Leicester scout replacement'Performances in Europe also dipped and PSV Eindhoven won 2-0 in Holland last week. Writing in his programme notes for Thursday's visit of FC Zurich, Odegaard has opened up on the squad mood in recent weeks.He admits the win over Forest has improved matters but says some honest chats have been held over the previous games. Odegaard wrote: "We started the game well again, with Gabi [Martinelli]'s goal, but what was different this time was how we killed the game off. We've been speaking about that as a group over the past few weeks."We've had a few games where we've played well in the first half but the game has changed in the second half and we've been struggling more than we want to. Everyone was a bit frustrated after the past few games, even after the win over Leeds, then the draw at Southampton and the defeat at PSV.DON'T MISSArsenal deal transfer blow to Leeds as Edu changes course from MudrykTielemans moves closer to Arsenal with Leicester 'scouting' his replacementCarragher explains why Man Utd){kind=link}
Arsenal news: Martin Odegaard has opened up on recent frustrations (Image: GETTY)Arsenal skipper Martin Odegaard has opened up on the private chats he and his team-mates have held following “frustrating” recent performances. The Gunners are top of the Premier League table and have made it through to the knockout stage of the Europa League, but it hasn’t been completely plain sailing.Arsenal have won 10 of their 12 league matches and are two points clear of champions Manchester City. Victory against Chelsea and Wolves will confirm top spot for Mikel Arteta’s side at Christmas.The most recent win was perhaps the most emphatic of the campaign so far. A 5-0 demolition of Nottingham Forest sent the Emirates faithful home happy.But previous matches against Leeds and Southampton were less joyful for supporters. Arsenal somehow hung on to a 1-0 win at Elland Road before a 1-1 draw at St Mary’s.READ MORE: Rodgers sends Tielemans message to Arsenal as ‘Leicester scout replacement’Performances in Europe also dipped and PSV Eindhoven won 2-0 in Holland last week. Writing in his programme notes for Thursday’s visit of FC Zurich, Odegaard has opened up on the squad mood in recent weeks.He admits the win over Forest has improved matters but says some honest chats have been held over the previous games. Odegaard wrote: “We started the game well again, with Gabi [Martinelli]’s goal, but what was different this time was how we killed the game off. We’ve been speaking about that as a group over the past few weeks.”We’ve had a few games where we’ve played well in the first half but the game has changed in the second half and we’ve been struggling more than we want to. Everyone was a bit frustrated after the past few games, even after the win over Leeds, then the draw at Southampton and the defeat at PSV.DON’T MISSArsenal deal transfer blow to Leeds as Edu changes course from MudrykTielemans moves closer to Arsenal with Leicester ‘scouting’ his replacementCarragher explains why Man Utd and Chelsea will miss out on top four Arsenal news: The Gunners are aiming to compete for major honours this season (Image: EXPRESS)
Odegaard’s behind-closed-doors ‘frustration’ as Arsenal chat emerges
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