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Martin Odegaard hit back at critics who claimed Arsenal over celebrated their victory over 10-man Liverpool – insisting they’ll stay “humble” trusty through their Premier League title anguish.
The Gunners moved to within two aspects of Jurgen Klopp’s leaders following a 3-1 win over 10-man Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium.
Bukayo Saka opened the scoring for Arsenal earlier than Gabriel Magalhaes’ unfortunate own arrangement levelled for the web disclose visitors on the stroke of half-time.
A mixture-up between Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk allowed Gabriel Martinelli to revive Arsenal’s lead in the 2d half, with change Leandro Trossard making sure of the aspects in stoppage time after Ibrahima Konate had been despatched off.
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— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) February 4, 2024
Odegaard then led the celebrations, taking the camera off the membership’s photographer to snap the gratified reactions to a end result that place Mikel Arteta’s males ideal back into title competitors.
Sky Sports actions pundit and ancient Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher used to be unhappy with what he noticed.
“Shimmering win down the tunnel. You’ve won a recreation, three aspects, you’ve been excellent. Back in the title speed, win down the tunnel. I’m considerable, honestly,” he acknowledged – earlier than later adding on X, formerly acknowledged as Twitter: “By all system trip it, but trip it by being disciplined!”
Carragher also modified his X profile characterize to 1 amongst Odegaard utilizing the camera, but the Arsenal captain used to be not about to apologise for his put up-match celebrations.
Asked if it’s attainable to over celebrate after this sort of substantial win, the Norway international spoke back: “No, I deem everyone who loves soccer, who understands soccer, they know how considerable it system to win this recreation.
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— Arsenal (@Arsenal) February 4, 2024
“And whenever you happen to’re not allowed to celebrate will maintain to you win a recreation, when are you allowed to celebrate? We’re completely satisfied with the win and we’ll care for humble.
“We withhold working laborious and we prepare for the following one but needless to voice it’s crucial to be completely satisfied will maintain to you win.
“It used to be a huge recreation. As you tell it will also were eight aspects (if we’d lost) and it would discover plenty more complicated then but we confirmed up, the followers were great.
“I deem we all did this together. You look for the membership, how together we’re, the total players, workers, supporters, the total lot. So yeah, excellent to search out.”
For Liverpool, it used to be ideal a 2d league defeat of the campaign and Klopp admits overcoming a loss can relate more of a query when it does not happen generally.
“We didn’t lose not too lengthy ago an awful lot of soccer games, we know that,” he acknowledged.
“That system dealing with defeats is a query – for humankind in fact. No one here expects, in our dressing room at least, that we ideal will flee over Burnley or whatever.
“They battle for their targets, it’s a terribly proficient neighborhood, unfortunate in moments and stuff admire this. But it surely’s a home recreation and we are in a position to turn issues around, meaning the predominant step, and then we can look for.
“(After Sunday) No one celebrates the champion and no one is relegated to this point as I know, so now we maintain got the total likelihood to create our own destiny. Let’s look for what happens.”
