Arsenal brushed apart backside membership Wolverhampton Wanders 2-0 on Saturday with each objectives from Martin Odegaard to take a five-point lead on the prime of the Premier League going right into a mid-season break for the World Cup. The Norwegian midfielder, one of many revelations of Arsenal’s swashbuckling early-season type, slotted his first right into a gaping web within the fifty fifth minute after a Fabio Vieira cross on the finish of a sometimes intelligent passing by the guests.

Odegaard bagged his second off a rebound 20 minutes later. The end result left Arsenal first within the Premier League on 37 factors, 5 forward of Manchester City who misplaced at residence to Brentford earlier within the day.

Despite loads of effort and passionate help from their followers at Molineux stadium, it was in the end one other depressing day for Wolves, who’re backside of the league on 10 factors. They have been watched by their incoming supervisor Julen Lopetegui from the stands earlier than he formally takes the reins.

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