Arsenal served party football when Martin Ødegaard made his debut early on – VG

– Playing his first league start against Leeds, managing the way he did it was very comfortable. It was fantastic, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tells Sky Sports.

Arsenal attacked with death down the left side of the field before the fourth was played, Granit Xhaka recorded for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and the Gabonese is seriously on his way back in shape.

With a controlled inside shot, he put the ball past Illan Meslier into Leeds’ cage, the first of his total of three goals against Leeds.

– The hat trick means a lot to me. I am a hard working guy and it has been difficult for me lately, Aubameyang told Sky Sports.

Then began a subtle episode of VAR when Martin Ødegaard played Bokayo Saka. The case went downhill, referee Stuart Atwell awarded a penalty kick and was told to re-analyze the situation.

Although there appeared to be contact between Saka and Leeds defender Liam Cooper, Taylor decided to change the situation, much to Saka’s frustration in particular.

Soon after, the Englishman got his penalty anyway. Meslier hesitated when he was about to play the ball, lost it to Saka and made up for it by dropping the Arsenal wing. This time the penalty was stopped, Aubameyang hit it behind Meslier.

Dani Ceballos tore a gap between Cooper’s legs just before half-time and marvelously went ahead of right-back Héctor Bellerin, who in a particularly unusual way dropped Meslier and took a three-goal lead before the counter signal finally went for Leeds.

After the intermezzo, Arsenal picked up where they left off and Emile Smith-Rowe’s missed shot finally turned into a fabulous pass for Aubameyang, who dived for his third of the day, his first Premier League hat trick.

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Ødegaard was quite little involved in the goal show and was largely overshadowed by Saka and Aubameyang in particular, but he seized a good opportunity after Aubameyang’s direct play. The replay showed that he probably would have been canceled for offside anyway, and was replaced with a quarter of an hour left to play.

– He was getting better and better during the game. He also looked good physically, national team coach Ståle Solbakken tells VG about Ødegaard’s first match from the start, which lasted 77 minutes.

Soccer expert Lars Tjærnås writes Twitter that the Norwegian was too careful before the break.

– Now the European Cup begins, so now there will be a rhythm with more games. So there are good opportunities, says the Norwegian national team manager when asked if he thinks Ødegaard showed enough to keep the place in the future.

Pascal Struijk slipped and slipped on the wet grass, but his usual fast runs were missing today. Tyler Roberts found Helder Costa ten minutes later and the Portuguese struck in another reduction, suddenly Arsenal were in serious danger of falling apart.

“The Gunners” stayed away from Elland Road favorites Marcelo Bielsa, however, Martin Ødegaard had a particularly good experience in his first start with his new club and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang limped off the field with a small bump on the ground. foot.