Martin Odegaard urges Arsenal to get ready for ‘massive game’ against PSG

Martin Odegaard urged everyone associated with Arsenal to stick together after they warmed up for Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final showdown at Paris St Germain with a home defeat by Bournemouth.

Captain Odegaard set up Declan Rice to mark his 100th fixture for the club with a goal after 34 minutes, but Andoni Iraola’s Cherries fought back after the break to earn a first win at the Emirates and complete a league double over the Gunners.

Successive losses left Arsenal full of “rage, anger and frustration” according to boss Mikel Arteta and Odegaard insisted they must use those emotions to overturn a one-goal deficit in midweek at the Parc des Princes in order to keep alive their aspirations of winning a maiden Champions League title.

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“We’re disappointed now, but we have to move on and be strong and stick together and prepare for a massive game,” Odegaard reflected.

“It’s a massive game. That’s the good thing. When you’re disappointed now and you’re angry and frustrated, you can use all those emotions into Wednesday.

“We know what we’re playing for, it’s a massive game, we have to stick together and create energy and be ready.”

Arteta’s decision to make only two changes for the visit of Bournemouth raised eyebrows, but was maybe as a result of Manchester City’s victory over Wolves on Friday, which closed the gap to the second-placed Gunners to three points.

Two wins from Arsenal’s final three fixtures will secure Champions League qualification, but with a trip to Liverpool followed by top-five rivals Newcastle coming to the Emirates on May 18, there is work to be done.

Odegaard told the