Odegaard warns Arsenal to be ready for a 'lot of time-wasting' from Porto

Martin Odegaard has warned Arsenal to expect 'a lot of time-wasting' from Porto in their Champions League Round of 16 tie on Tuesday night.

The Premier League leaders must overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg at the Emirates to reach the quarter-finals for the first in 14 years.

Galeno's injury time winner was the difference in Portugal three weeks ago, when the hosts' approach came under scrutiny.

There were 36 fouls in the match - a season-high in the Champions League - and the ball was in play for only 51.6 percent of the game.

Porto's plan to disrupt Arsenal's rhythm worked a treat as the Gunners failed to register a shot on target in a match in all competitions for the first time since 2022.

Arsenal have won three Premier League games on the bounce since, scoring 12 goals in the process and conceding just twice.

Odegaard wants his team to impose their style from the off on Tuesday night, but warned them to be wary of Porto's 'dark arts'.

'We already showed in that game what we learned in Porto, hopefully, we can do that even better on Tuesday. First of all, we want to play our game,' he said.

'We don't want to focus too much on them and what they are doing. We want to play our game and that's the main thing.

'We had to deal with a lot of different situations, a lot of time-wasting. We had to control our emotions the whole game and I think we did that brilliantly.'

Odegaard also believes Arsenal's 2-1 win over Brentford on Saturday night was the ideal preparation for the Gunners ahead of the second leg against Porto.

The Bees successfully frustrated Mikel Arteta's men for large parts of the game and created chances of their own, before their resistance was eventually breached by Kai Havertz four minutes from time.

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