Odegaard says Bayern loss‘ll take time to get over but delivers Arsenal promise

Martin Odegaard insists Arsenal can lift their season by getting back on track in the title race.

Odegaard admitted the disappointment was overwhelming after their Champions League exit to Bayern Munich but they have to use that pain as a driving force. The Gunners skipper says it will be difficult to pick themselves up and see positives but he says now is a real test of their character if they want to do “something very special” this season.

They surrendered top spot in the Premier League with defeat to Aston Villa last Sunday and now have to respond at Wolves on Saturday night which comes just 72 hours after their European heartbreak. Odegaard said: “Yeah, that is what we have to do. That is the only thing you can do. Every time you get hit you have to stand up and go again.

“The key thing is to stand together and lift each other up. Then, as I said, we have something really nice to play for, so that’s where we have to put the mindset now.

“I mean every game now is so important, it has been for a while. It has been so tight and so competitive. Every game is really important.

“It takes a little bit to get going again, but I think what you play for in the league is enough motivation for all of us. So we just have to stick together, get back up, and keep pushing.

“We can still do something very special. I think that is enough motivation to just keep going, keep working hard and pushing each other. We have to keep going.

“All of us are in this together. We win and lose together. I think we all have an important role now to help each other and lift each other up. We have something really nice to play for, so we have to move on and look at that.

“Of course we want to win something and that’s been the big goal. But I think we can’t