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Martin Odegaard announced himself as an Arsenal player with a dazzling display at West Ham last season... now a permanent member of Mikel Arteta's squad, he is the leader of their top-four push as the two sides meet again

Martin Odegaard would probably still afford himself a slight smile whenever his performance away at West Ham in March last year is brought into a conversation.

Arsenal's failure to win at the London Stadium last season - despite coming from 3-0 down to draw a thriller - means the Norwegian will himself never be completely satisfied with his work that afternoon.

But it is a game in which he himself admitted in the summer was his best individual performance in the second half of the 2020-21 season, after joining the Gunners from Real Madrid on loan.