Paul Scholes aims dig at Arsenal star who needs to ‘step up’

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard must ‘step up’ and win tight games for his team, believes Manchester United legend Paul Scholes.

The Norwegian playe the whole game คาสิโนออนไลน์ UFABET ฝากถอนรวดเร็ว เริ่มต้นเล่นง่าย on Sunday as the Red Devils and Gunners playe out a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.

Bruno Fernandes opene the scoring for the home team just before half-time, with Declan Rice equalising after 74 minutes to secure a point which doesn’t do much for either side, in reality.

Arsenal remain second in the Premier League table, but are now 15 points behind leaders Liverpool, while United stay 14th.

Both teams will feel they could have won the game on Sunday and Scholes feels Odegaard should be the kind of player who can get his side over the line in tight contests like the one at Old Trafford.

The Red Devils icon believes this of the 26-year-old because he is a big fan of his game, but reckons this needs to translate into more game-changing and goal-scoring contributions.

‘Odegaard, again, was an influence on the team, but I think he needs to step up in these types of games, where you might just need the one goal, you might just need that bit of brilliance,’ Scholes told Premier League. ‘We’ve seen people in his position – you think of [Kevin] De Bruyne, Phil Foden – they win games for you.

‘Martin Odegaard’s a brilliant footballer, I love to watch him, [he’s] technically gifted. But, at some point, he’s got to come and win these games for his club.’

Scholes also had an incredible mix of compliments and shade for Arsenal, hailing them as a brilliant team but one which reminds him of a mid-table La Liga side.

His thinking was that the Gunners knock the ball around beautifully, but lack the cutting edge to do damage on a regular enough basis to get hold of silverware.

The former England midfielder was not pointing the finger at Odegaard this time, but Arsenal’s lack of a prolific striker.

‘What it is with Arsenal, I think they’re a brilliant football team, but they’re almost like a mid-table Spanish team,’ he said. ‘Like a La Liga team who receive the ball, they play great football, make great angles for each other,a little bit tippy-tappy at times, but they’ve got no real substance at the end of it.