When Manchester United travel to Emirates Stadium to take on Arsenal, it will be a clash between two of the most in-form teams in the Premier League at this point of time.
Arsenal might have made a terrible start to the season but since their 3-1 win over Chelsea, they have been very impressive and are quickly climbing up the league table. On the other hand, the Red Devils’ exploits are not unknown and they find themselves at second spot, in the middle of a title race.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side will be desperate to bounce back tomorrow after suffering an unexpected defeat at the hands of bottom-placed Sheffield United. But it will not be as easy getting a result against the Gunners as would it have seemed a month ago.
And the Manchester United boss appears to be aware of the quality of their new signing, Martin Odegaard, who signed from Real Madrid on loan. As reported by Express, Solskjaer said about his Norwegian compatriot:
"“Martin is a very talented young player. We know from the national team that he can cause anyone problems.“Just hope he isn’t finding his form on Saturday!”"
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Manchester United will be hoping Odegaard doesn’t make a dream debut
Odegaard was expected to finally make his mark at Real Madrid after returning from a very successful loan spell at Real Sociedad, where he scored 7 goals and provided 9 assists in 36 appearances. Things did not quite turn out that way though as he failed to break into Zinedine Zidane’s first-team plans.
As a result, he finds himself out of loan again. While the talent has never been a question with him, now he also has the opportunity to prove that he can the job done at a big club.
It is not unknown for a young and hungry player to come out of the blocks firing on all cylinders. And Manchester United will be hoping that that is not the case with Odegaard if he does end up featuring in Mikel Arteta’s team tomorrow.