Martin Odegaard says 'no hope' of catching Manchester City, Mikel Arteta apologises for Arsenal display

Martin Odegaard has said Arsenal have “no hope” of overhauling Manchester City in the Premier League title race following defeat at home to Brighton & Hove Albion. The Gunners topped the table for a large portion of the season, but Manchester City were relentless in their pursuit and moved to the summit at the end of April. Ad City beat Everton earlier on Sunday to pile pressure on Arsenal, and The Gunners blinked at home as Brighton dominated them and were deserved winners.

Premier LeagueVan Persie tipping 'champion team' Arsenal to end 19-year wait and win title26/03/2023 AT 20:52 Arsenal are still mathematically in the race, but Odegaard feels City have gone beyond recall as Pep Guardiola’s side lead by four points with a game in hand. “It is a tough one to take,” Odegaard told Sky Sports. “It is not a good feeling at the moment, the way we played, especially in the second half.

“I don’t know what happened to be honest, but it is a big, big disappointment and it feels like there is no hope now. “In the first half we did a lot of good things, created some big chances. Then in the second half, we gave them more and more momentum.

They are dangerous when they go direct — especially on our right where they attacked us a bit too easy in behind. “It is hard to say at the moment but we could have done a lot better.” Kerr goal hands Chelsea FA Cup final win over United Pochettino agrees deal to replace Lampard as Chelsea manager — reports Arsenal went into the game on the back of a brilliant win over Newcastle at St James' Park, and Odegaard was at a loss to explain the performance. “We wanted to come here and continue like we have done in the last two games, get a good result and keep pushing,” the Norwegian said.