Martin Odegaard Pinpoints Where It All Went Wrong for Arsenal Against West Ham

• Martin Odegaard has taken issue with Arsenal's sloppiness during their clash against West Ham
• The Gunners were held to a 2-all draw by the Hammers in an epic match at the London Stadium
• The EPL log leaders are scheduled to face relegation battlers Southampton in their next outing

Martin Odegaard has opened up about Arsenal's damaging draw against rivals West Ham United on April 16.

The high-flying Gunners were unable to see off the Hammers in an entertaining Premier League clash staged at the London Stadium.

Despite taking an early lead in the tie, Mikel Arteta's charges once again dropped points from a winning position, in a result which dealt them a massive blow in their bid to win this season's Premier League title.

Football London reports Arsenal took the lead in the seventh minute of the match courtesy of Gabriel Jesus before Odegaard doubled the advantage three minutes later.

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However, the hosts pulled one back via Saida Benrahma in the 33rd minute, with the West Ham ace converting from the spot after Gabriel brought down Lucas Paqueta in the area.

Bukayo Saka had a golden chance to restore Arsenal's two-goal lead shortly after the break, only for the Englishman to miss a penalty.

Jarrod Bowen went on to equalise for the Hammers before the hour-mark and West Ham held firm until the final whistle.

Odegaard slams Arsenal teammates

Speaking after the match, Odegaard had no kind words about Arsenal's performance, with the Gunners skipper pointing out what went wrong during the matchthey did 'stupid things' during the match.

"The way we started the game was so good, we controlled everything and then we let them play on their qualities and we started to do a lot of stupid things with the ball," Odegaard told Sky Sports via Daily Star.

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He readily admitted Arsenal should have done many things better.

"We let them play long balls, they got a lot of throw-ins, corners, we let them play on their qualities..." Odegaard added.

The EPL table-toppers will be hoping to make amends when they take on relegation-threatened Southampton in their next Premier League outing.

Arteta rates Arsenal’s title chances

Sports Brief also reported on Arteta's view on Arsenal's chances in the EPL title race after the damaging draw against West Ham.

Asked whether the complexion of the race had changed after recent results, the manager downplayed any pressure exerted by Man City.