How many players could be out with ankle ligament damage for two months and reappear as if we blinked and missed it?

Your team has hit a creative rut that coincided with the absence of your primary playmaker? Get him back and all your problems evaporate. So yes, the semi-frequent leaden-footed attacking, sterile possession and clumsy decision-making that reared its unfamiliar head at Arsenal over the last two months was nothing more than a team unable to cope without Martin Odegaard.

Speaking to TNT Sports, Odegaard admitted he has found Virgil van Dijk to be his toughest-ever opponent. Odegaard was still sidelined for Liverpool’s trip to the Emirates earlier this season where the two sides shared the points.

Essentially, it's all about if Arsenal get over the line and win the title - the proof of the pudding is in the eating. But in many respects they have been a bit more pragmatic and not so adventurous.

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard and his Chelsea counterpart Cole Palmer are in complete agreement about the toughest opponent they have faced during their careers

Bukayo Saka shares how he feels about Martin Odegaard being back for Arsenal after the 5-1 Champions League win over Sporting CP.