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Martin Odegaard has answered Mikel Arteta 's calls for him to score more goals following his silky finish against Watford.

The Norwegian has been integral in Arsenal's recent resurgence and once again played a starring role as the Gunners overcame the Hornets 3-2 at Vicarage Road on Sunday.

The 23-year-old opened the scoring against Watford, cooly slotting in Bukayo Saka 's fine cut-back after exchanging a neat one-two with the England starlet.

It proved to be the perfect response to the challenge laid down by Arteta prior to the Premier League clash, who urged the in-from playmaker to add more goals to his game.

"He needs to play close to the opponents' box, for sure," Arteta admitted ahead of Sunday.

"He needs to create more goals, he needs to score more goals, he needs to make more runs in behind, he needs to be closer to the strikers to give them support, and he can do that.

"He needs to score more free kicks. He can still contribute more on our set pieces. His defensive work is phenomenal.

"There are areas where he can only get better, and the only way to get better is to agree on them, and then practise."

The challenge clearly paid dividends with Odegaard acting on Arteta's cries to affect the game in more dangerous areas as he netted his fifth goal of the campaign only five