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Arsenal midfielder Odegaard admits he needs to be scoring more

Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard admits he needs to be scoring more.

The Norwegian has scored just once since making his move to north London permanent from Real Madrid in the summer.

That strike came back in September, with Odegaard's barren run now stretching to six Premier League matches.

That looked destined to be ending when the 22-year-old slotted past Watford 'keeper Ben Foster during the Gunners' most recent outing.

However, with the ball appearing to be destined for the bottom corner, an offside Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang slid to poke the ball home.

Odegaard, who has also only registered one assist this season, said he knew Aubameyang was offside and was annoyed that he was denied another goal.

“It was a pity. I saw it nicely from the side, it was going in," the Arsenal star told Norway's TV2. “I knew as soon as he touched it that he was offside. It was frustrating, but we won. If they had equalised, it would have been tougher!"

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