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Odegaard admits Arsenal players can sense nervy home support

Odegaard admits Arsenal players can sense nervy home support
Odegaard admits Arsenal players can sense nervy home supportREUTERS

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard admits the players can feel the nervousness of fans at the Emirates stadium.

With the Gunners sitting top of the table, there is an expectation for the team finish the season as champions.

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And Odegaard concedes the anxiousness of the home support can be felt on the pitch during games.

He told Men in Blazers Media Network: "Sometimes you can feel it as it's a lot of people. You really feel that atmosphere. 

"Whenever you come to the Emirates, the atmosphere is always amazing. You get that energy from the supporters.

"Of course they're going to get nervous at some point if we are defending a lead or whatever, but that's part of football and most of the time we get that energy from the stadium and that's what we want.

"Nerves are a part of football and I think you just have to be able to deal with it at this level. It's part of the game. That's alright. Most of the time the energy is unbelievable and they feed that to us."

He added: "For me personally and also for a lot of the players in the team, we've been in this title race now for, for a lot of years. 

"I feel like that's given us more experience, you know, and, and we can use that, you know, every single season we've grown as a group. I think every individual has grown more experienced, more mature. And, of course, with the squad we have this year, we feel like, we're in really good place.

"We're just going to keep fighting and and keep pushing every single day. And then, yeah, we are believing in what we're doing and the squad.

"We've grown as a team, as a group. We've been through a lot. And, and the work we do every single day, I think that's the, the biggest thing, you know, I work every single day on the training ground.

"What I see every single day, you know, that's what gives me and is giving me the confidence that we're going to do it. So, yeah, it's great to be a part of that. And, and we believe that we have, we're in a good position now, and we just push on from here."

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