How Arsenal's Martin Odegaard Just DESTROYED Chelsea 

Martin Ødegaard is a wizard. He deserves to be the premier league player of the season.

I love it. Ødegaard still chasin' the ball a week after the season ends. Runnin' round his kitchen pressin' the fridge and the stove. Pointing out runs to strangers as he's weaving between pedestrians on his way to pick up the dry cleaning. Dude never stops.

7:09 Does he wave his hand to Saka, literally pointing him to where he wants him to go, and then delays the pass so that he gives him time to make the run? Man is conducting an Orchestra, jesus.

Chelsea’s defence was so bad that our RB scored accidentally. At one point in the game I wanted Raya to score a goal.

That Ødegaard pass to Havertz was absolutely beautiful.

One moment I noticed, was before the build up to the final goal, Odegaard mapped out a way to beat the press from noticing how Chelsea players were pressing, by keeping the ball until he passed it back to Raya, knowing that Gabriel and Saliba would split wide and knew the Chelsea players would continue to follow them, and then he asked to receive the ball back from Raya and then played it through the new space created to pass to Tomiyasu, which eventually resulted in the final goal. It's things like this that stats will never show.

Exactly. People should actually analyse the game rather than just looking at stats.

His elegance, artistry, and playmaking ability are enough to make the best Spanish central midfielders stand up in awe 😮

I don't know how Adam but you somehow make me love my club EVEN MORE when you aren't even an Arsenal fan... LOVE YOUR VIDS SIR!!!

He's mastered the art of Pausa. Odegaard is for me the perfect 10

Back in the years we had many like this The art of that Pause before pass. Ronaldinho look right pass left, Guti, xavi, iniesta, pirlo, scholes, ozil, messi, Is an art form, magic, we are blessed

Am a spurs fan but I have to say that performance is the best midfield performance I think I’ve ever seen so many times it felt like he wasn’t in the game and then he’d get the ball and just create magic it was honestly unbelievable

I just noticed how much synergy he has with Havertz. Havertz is all over the place finding and creating space out of nowhere through movement. And Odegaard the same thing, but with stillness. Standing there and slipping in that right pass at the perfect time. Brilliant.

Odegaard has for seasons been our best TEAM player and leader. Back when we had games during the pandemic and Arsenal showed clips of him playing. You could hear him on the pitch talking, encouraging and leading the team. We are so lucky we signed him after that loan season. He has been a gem.

Odegaard is Ozil on steroids. It is crazy.

Martin is quite possibly the most gifted footballer I've seen at Arsenal since Bergkamp.

Best player I’ve seen play for Arsenal since Henry. He’s an absolute joy to watch every week

Odegaard has been called majestic, a poet and an artist in recent days. But only FourFourTwo has precisely broken down what Odegaard did, step by step and as an Arsenal fan, I salivate over this. FourFourTwo are not first with their analysis, but you are the best. Others football commentators are fast food, but you are gourmet cuisine.

Odegaard is definitely Arsenals most important player. You could talk all day about on the ball, but he also is critical to our off the ball game. He leads the press and he does so incredibly well. He has a hell of an engine, as you mention with the 85th minute pressing at 5-0 up, but there is also the leadership factor of that. He is a hell of a captain and leads from the front. He has everything

Been hesitant (Arsenal fan btw) to hop on the Ø POTY hype, I had Walkins, Rice, Rodri, and Foden ahead of him. But after that masterclass on Tuesday evening, I’ve changed my opinion. Since the start of the year he has been hands down the best player (Foden is 2nd in that time), and it’s no coincidence that Arsenal began playing their best ball once he hit his peak form. This is a generational talent with uncanny natural ability and feel for the game. I know we love to compare him to Ozil, but Ø is miles clear in terms of his overall game…can’t imagine Ozil pressing like that in the 85th minute of a 5-0 game. Arteta was spot on to name him the skipper, and now hes the best creative player in England, and perhaps all of Europe.

You know what is scary? He is improving...

The guy has D.Bergkamp football intelligence. Amazeballs!

My Captain. Love him. Odegaard was a product tester for the Trait Forced Training Gear which essentially is one of these quick decision making computer models that trains the first attacker on how to process the game most effectively. He broke the system. ""When he used it, one of the product development features added as a result was because he mentioned that he wanted to have a higher difficulty," Olsen told Sky Sports. "He was very humble and respectful when doing the scenarios but instead of wanting it set at 100 per cent speed, he asked if he could do it at 120 per cent. Now we have a slider where you take the speed up or down based on the actual speed of the scenario."

Odegaard would start for literally any team. Class act. Always gets most of my attention when im watching Arsenal. Would love to have him at liverpool.

Its so good to see this. I knew his capacities for a long time. I was defending him when he came to arsenal as there was quite a few sceptic fans that was trolling me. Being norwegian i have seen Marting grow from a wonderkid to a superstar

I think this is spot on about what makes Odegaard's passing feel unique and like he's conjuring chances out of nothing--it's that extra patience he seems to have. Just the way he can safely take those extra moments to process before making a killer pass (even under defensive pressure)...reminds me a bit of Riquelme at his prime with Villareal

FINALLY! Someone who can prove Martin is the best creative player! Always the pass before. Always the line breaker. Always the organiser. Incredible player. Thank you Adam for being this intelligent ❤️🎉

Born in NY all I want is to move to North London work in a car garage and watch arsenal for the rest of my days.

MØ8 is hands down the best player I've seen for a long while, we might be to dependent on him.

I think a comparison with Mesut Ozil is interesting: both like to float into space and manipulate tempo to create opportunities for teammates, but Odegaard is so much more complete as a player. He's not quite as good a playmaker as peak Ozil--which is no insult, since peak Ozil was one of the world's best--but Ozil also tended to disappear completely when his passes weren't on. Whereas even on a bad day Odegaard presses hard, get stuck into tackles, and generally asserts his presence on the pitch. Anyway, different Arsenal sides, different styles of play, but the current one might be my favorite since the Invincibles.

Odegaard has a great engine. He gets up and down and regularly clocks highest yardage on the pitch. So much to like about his play. The trickery in crowded situations. The low crouch he goes into with arms extended to keep opposition at a distance. The ability to strike a rising ball and keep it down. They say he had all of this aged 14!

He sees everything going on. His vision is exceptional. His reading of the game is exceptional l. His work rate is exceptional. Future Arsenal legend.

The man football IQ is in a different world. Thanks for highlighting his generous

His constant scanning and awareness and his ability to maintain possession in tight areas combine perfectly with his truly world class vision and technique. Add to that his commitment to defend and his organization of the team's press. You can't teach or a pay a player enough to make them want to defend like that, especially an attacking player. Every match there are multiple times where I am surprised or even shocked because he's gotten off a pass I either thought was impossible or didn't even see. It's a real privilege to watch him week in and week out much like it felt watching Bergkamp and Henry.

I see Martin Ødegaard, I click!

You know, I've been reading FourFourTwo magazines since the late 90's, though not so much as of late and I've been watching your channel quite a bit for the past couple of years. I just wanted to come on here and say that you hosting this show is the perfect translation of the magazine's quality into a RU-vid format. Great shows and just one of a handful of channels I've enabled the bell for.

I agree completely with the last point out of all. No matter what the score is, what the pressure is, he is always the most hardworking person in that pitch. He is always pressing, trying to create something even when Arsenal have looked lackluster going forward (when Saka and Martinelli are not on form) he’s the glimmer.

True Arsenal fans know this about Odegaard, and is a big part of why we love him so much. The man LEADS THE PRESS AS A CREATIVE MIDFIELDER. And he does it all game long. I'm willing to bet there aren't many players that does what he does on a top/world class level.

This is why Ødegaard, KDB and B.Silva (particularly so), for me, are head and shoulders above their Premier League peers. They slow the game down in their head and on the pitch using all their respective skills and qualities. B.Silva in particular, you’ll hardly ever see him dispossessed!!

If we win the league 100% he deserves it and even if we don’t he’s still right up there. Opposition fans will always point to stats but when you actually watch him every week you see how consistently influential he is to our team. Glad you mentioned his pressing as well, he’s a machine in that regard AND he’s doing all of this while captaining the side. I called it when we signed him that £35 mil was the bargain of the century

Odegaard reminds me of cazorla. Exceptional in tight spaces, eyes on the back of his head. And i believe his yet to reach his prime, since imo he should be getting 15 goals & 20 assista per season in all competitions. That being said, i believe once he reaches his 30s, he wont be pressing as much as he does for us now. I expect him to transform into a deep-lying playmaker, exactly like santi, to devastating effect.

Odegaard is a coach on the pitch. Everything you said is spot on, but there are even more things that make him great. He has a great understanding of when to make runs towards the back line to create space for Saka to receive a long switch, for example. And on top of all of that he’s the captain of a team that is challenging for everything despite being so young. Øne of a kind

When it comes to football tactics - and explaining them - nobody does it better than you, Mr. Cleary.

You're perfect! I've watched all Arsenal games this season and Odegaard's hability to create chances and determine the team's rithym is absolutetly perfect. On the ball he dictates the flow of team e and of the ball he is a beast. From a brazilian perspective, I don't think that many people sees his importance e influence on the game, so is great to see an analysis like this

I totally agree. He should be player of the year. Not because im Norwegian, but simply because he really deserves that. I think AFTV focus is too much on goals and assists, so they dont see his work in the build up to goals/chances. The same with his pressing. I personally think they give him rarly the # he should have after a game. He is one of few i think constantly has a lower number than deserved. Just my opinion. Appriciated your video a lot.

I’ve never seen such burning hunger like what Odegaard demonstrates in every second that he’s on the pitch week in and week out! A filthy magician with 5 lungs and a monster mentality that’s perfect as a captain! Absolutely deserves Player of the Season👏 Side note: You have an amazing talent to give concise yet detailed analyses that are easy to follow! Best wishes to you and your channel♥️🤍

Odegaard has truly been a joy to watch even as a city fan especially last night

What great analysis, how have I missed this channel before. With actual highlights too. Great job.

It's such a relief to see & hear someone appreciate this superb talent & with a critical analytic mindset at that. Around Dec or even just before & maybe a little later, I heard silly comments which included him being stripped of the captaincy. This is a player who while on loan, showed us we can move closer to levels of arsenal at its best even as early as then. I fully agree with your assessment, perhaps because what he does requires a more discerning eye to see & appreciate his ability though of course there has been a chorus of praise recently, particularly in recent wide margin victories Arsenal managed to execute. He & Partey carried the team last season, slightly more improved depth of squad this season. It would be thanks to his all round engineering if Arsenal wins the league this season. The serious drawback now is that Arsenal need a great number one goalkeeper to conquer.

The great chance observation is so spot on! His pass for the Rice winner against Luton in our 4-3 win there exemplifies it perfectly. He took the free kick short to Zinchenko, asked for the ball back and put in a perfect cross for Rice to head in. He's a true gem.

Watching mykhailo mudryk reassess his life choices after joining Chelsea over arsenal makes me happy.. wonder where he will be in the summer 😂

a vivisection is a live autopsy

My brothers a Man U fan. He watched the game last night. Near the end of the game he texted me and said wow Odegaard is good. I said back to him, u don’t watch every Arsenal game, I do. I said honestly he’s an absolute magician. He’s defo been the best player in the prem this season.

Ødegaard at his best performs at world class ability

I agree with you hundred percent he is the player of the premiere League

I really like this channel and the way you explain everything tactically!

I broke out laughing when you played that chicken cluck sound for Martin's play. I don't do that often . . . . the laughing bit, not making that sound 🤨. Takk.

Adam you've made football so much more interesting to watch

What a great analysis. Lee Gunner and some of the Odegaard haters (who is also Arsenal fans) should be forced to watch things like this. To even say they dont rate him as a footballer and to say that all he does is waving his hands to the fans and touching his hair, shows their agenda and zero football knowledge. This was really great. Odegaard should have had at least 18-20 assists if he had a clinical strikee in front of him. He has created around 20 big chances and played around 40 through passes. The statistics has never been true when it comes to h8m. In all teams he has played he has created so many chances that hasnt been converted.

Martin Odegaard, the club captain in front of juggernauts like Rice, Jorginho and Gabriel. The midfield general who instructs and demands everyone else to fulfill the manager’s tactics. To the tee. He almost never gets subbed despite running and pressing the most. With that heart, he has equally brilliant brain. The touches, the through balls and the tricks. He helps everyone in trouble without fuss and still got the energy to fulfill his own job. My POTS.

He’s bin «utmerket!». Last year ehrn people said best player I felt it was premature. This year, after the short breake in the beginning of the season, he has bin arsenals most consistent high performing player! Just love him! Utmerket video😘

This was a perfect review. He’s a completely underrated player, but we know our captain is exceptional

Love your vids brother, by far the best tactical analysis channe in football ❤ congrats on all the success and longmay it continue. COYG

Finally, the video of martin odegaard I've been waiting since last night

He had a tough January during our mini collapse, but the way he's addressed his weaknesses since then has been amazing to watch. Every point of criticism you could have levelled at him has gone. He protects the ball so well now and almost never gets caught on it. He's playing so much more expansively than before with a much more varied range of passing. He still lacks the power of De Bruyne, but you can't teach that. Long may it continue.

MØ with a MÖ-esque assist. You love to see it 😮‍💨

Damn one of the best analysis videos I've seen. Great job!

I always say hes the Child of Ozil and Dirk Kuyt. hes amazing in vision his ball capability and progressive passes, but he never stops he keeps going never giving up. And what u said Odegaards patience is what makes him so good. What your saying about waiting doesnt just count for Odegaard over the season ive noticed if saka waits 2-3 more seconds or any player they normally create better chances than when they make an instant pass. this is cause the instant pass is the pass the defenders calculate if u fake that pass wait and get someone open in front of goal ive seen this happen multiple times with saka and white where if they where 1 second more patient it wouldve been a brilliant pass.

I like that you show clips and not screenshots

Thank you for that, you make learning about the game fun. Love your work

8:55 freaked me out

You forgot to talk about his tactical discipline. Odegaard is the epitome of tactical understanding. He understands the team's overall dynamics and how each player relates to each other. The definition of a modern footballer.

What a great video and analysis 🙌👏

Odegaard was running back, breaking sweat on the 97th minute to help the defense. He is literally insane with the amount of work he puts in. The fact that he's also unbelievable with the ball at his feet, he has the potential to be one of the greatest players ever at Arsenal.

Always top quality analysis! Thank you for the content

Probably the best game I've personally watched Odegaard play. He was unplayable. Oozing pure class and technical ability. The passes he was pulling off were ridiculous. Not to mention his off the ball pressing. There was a point at the beginning of the 2nd half where Arsenal were sitting a little too deep and giving Chelsea the ball. Then, on his command, the whole team suffocated Chelsea with him leading the press from the front. He can be the best midfielder in the world if he keeps this level.

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I was literally going to beg you to make an analysis of Ødegaards game vs Chelsea!! But here you are!

That living autopsy line has me dying over here 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Fantastic analysis! More football fans need to watch this to fully appreciate the game

First video of yours that I’ve watched, great analysis. Will be back for more, thanks 👍

The thing about ødegaard is that he is a fantastic dribler aswell as passer, and ofc ball control which is why he is able to slow down and stall for so much time looking for those passes. Most players if they tried the same would get tackled and lose the ball in an instant. He is truly special and i daresay still underrated. Player of the season candidate for sure.

I was waiting for this video

Another great video with great analysis

Brilliant analysis, like always! Keep up the sterling work.

De bruyne in my beilief was the best mid after Xavi - Iniesta era... No single mid had this much influence on his team or in a match like him... But when Odegaard started for Arsenal after his permanent transfer.. I felt like now De Bruyne will have competition... And Odegaard turning put to be such... What a player he is... ❤

Totally agree about Odegaard the Viking

Always a well-detailed analysis from Adam 👏🏾👏🏾

GOOD ANALYSIS AS ALWAYS

Just what you expect from Our El Capitano 🔥

Great analysis! And on top of all that he’s a great guy and amazing leader, loved by all the team and fans.

The crazy thing is it's not at all down to Ødegaard that he doesn't have quite that many assists. He should have SO many more but because our forwards weren't clinical in front of goal for alot of this season, they have missed so many great chances that were put on a plate for them by Ødegaard. He is incredible.

Odegaard is class.

Great video again Adam, quality stuff this! And I may be biased, being a gooner, but I wholeheartedly agree! He's mustard👌

Great video man

Amazing analysis Adam, liked & subscribed 😊

awesome vid, subbed

Subscribed. Great analysis

"A monk in a strip club" 😂😂😂

Been saying this for the last 4 5 years, his link play is unbelievable! He creates the chance before the chance, the link before, the torque before the BHP and power kicks in!