Manchester United welcome a title-chasing Arsenal side to Old Trafford in the Premier League this weekend – but first we’ve got to get Crystal Palace out of the way, with a Monday night trip to Selhurst Park.
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard insists United manager Erik ten Hag’s comment about the meeting between the two clubs in September has not given the Gunners extra motivation ahead of the game.
United lost the game 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium on September 3, with the Gunners scoring twice deep into added time to seal all three points. We thought the result was in the bag as Alejandro Garnacho’s goal was deemed offside following a VAR review.
Ten Hag felt the wrong decision had been made.
“I think we deserved to win this game but you don’t always get what you deserve,” Ten Hag told BBC Sport after the game, as quoted by the Manchester Evening News.
Ten Hag referenced the defeat at Arsenal again in February, saying: “I think we can beat any opponent. Away or home.
“Sometimes away, we have to believe more. We could have won in Arsenal. We actually deserved that win.”
The mentality of Arsenal’s players has been questioned for years and I think it would be a sign that there is something seriously wrong with them if Mikel Arteta’s side required extra motivation at Old Trafford when they are in the middle of a Premier League title race with Man City.
In the lead-up to the upcoming game, Odegaard has finally hit back at Ten Hag’s comments. The Norwegian is adamant that his team-mates won’t need any extra motivation to beat the Reds.
“Honestly, no,” Odegaard told football.london. “I don’t think.
“It’s like any other game we are playing for at the moment. I don’t think we need any extra motivation at the moment.
“I think there is enough there. We know what we are playing for. We know the task. We have to win every game and that is what we are going to try to do.”
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Odegaard knows I am right about the offside decision being wrong. Sure, if you look directly across the line, he looks like he is offside, but if you look at it from where I was standing (15 yards behind that line) then it is a diagonal line and Garnacho is onside.
It was so unfair for them to not look at it from my angle. We would have got 3 points that day dbr we wild be challenging for the league and not Arsenal. Odegaard knows this. He can pretend that it’s just another game but he knows it’s a big game against the most dynamic and exciting team in the league.
With ganacho’s goal, its just a goal. Arsenal scored more, my friend!
Eric Teg Hag. The football comedian
United? Challenging for the league? HAHAHAH
Ten Hag what dam-spec you smoking on?
Eric Teg Hag. The football comedian
When you look around and finally conclude. From my perspective our planet is totally flat 👋👋
The things some coaches says are just outrageous and myopic. So if he had beaten Arsenal at the Emirates, he would be challenging for the league. Please tell me another tale..He should just wait till this Sunday and see how Arsenal will make a mincemeat of his disjointed Man Utd side,,
That’s all a bit unfair. You fellers didn’t even see it from my angle, was so onside. But there you again, siding with the media and not me. Very unfair. We can beat any team home or away and you know it, had that goal stood, we would be champions by now.
You go back to Ajax where you were agreat coach otherwise in England you a failure.
Arsenal should then show him and his United side how far they have come.
I hate to break it to you, guys, but it’s not actually Ten Hag commenting on this site.
Well you are in for big surprise David. This is my favourite site. Dale is my favourite journalisht, he loves me and supports me, he is the besht. And you know nothing with your biashed media shupporting agenda.