Martin Odegaard ya ba da wasan mamaki yayin da Arsenal ta doke Napoli da ci 1-0 a wasan UEFA Champions League, tare da samu yabo daga masu sharhi waɗanda ke ganin shi a matsayin ginshiƙi na duk abin da ƙungiyar arewacin London ke yi.

A cikin Match of the Day, mai sharhi Nedum Onuoha ya kwatanta Odegaard da cewa shi ne "mai fasaha ga wannan ƙungiya baki ɗaya," yana nanata yadda kyaftin ɗin nan na Norway ya zama mai mahimmanci ga burin farmaki na Arsenal. Abokin aikinsa Rory Smith ya amince da hakan, inda dukkansu suka yi nazari ba wai kan wasan sa da Napoli kaɗai ba, har ma da damarsa a cikin kakar wasa mai zuwa.

Iyawar Odegaard wajen haɗa wasa, sarrafa saurin wasa, da ƙirƙirar damammaki a wurare masu kunkuntar ya sa shi ya zama ɗaya daga cikin ƴan wasan tsakiya mafi tasiri a ƙwallon ƙafa na Turai. Wasansa a wannan karo ya ƙara tabbatar da wannan matsayi, yayin da Arsenal ta samu nasara a waje da gida duk da cewa da kyar.

Nasarar ta sa Arsenal ta ci gaba da zama cikin gasa a UEFA Champions League, inda manaja Mikel Arteta ya kasance yana dogaro da Odegaard a matsayin injin kirkira da ke jagorantar burin ƙungiyarsa a mafi girman mataki na ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙungiyoyi.