Martin Odegaard has responded to Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher after he criticized the Arsenal captain for his celebrations after his aspect’s victory in opposition to the Merseysiders.
Carragher was left unimpressed by Odegaard’s post-match antics after the Gunners beat Jurgen Klopp’s Reds 3-1 on Sunday (February 4). The Norweigan was seen celebrating with the membership’s photographer within the aftermath of the sport.
The Sky Sports activities pundit insisted the 25-year-old should have headed for the tunnel:
“Just get down the tunnel, you’ve won a game, it’s three points…You’ve been brilliant, you’re back in the title race. Get down the tunnel.”
Odegaard defended his actions and defined that his workforce had been simply proud of their important victory in opposition to Liverpool (by way of Fabrizio Romano):
“If you’re not allowed to celebrate when you win a game, when are you allowed to celebrate? We will stay humble and focus on the next one, but… we were just happy.”
Mikel Arteta’s aspect’s win was an important one because it took them to inside two factors of Klopp’s males on the prime of the Premier League. Bukayo Saka opened the scoring on the Emirates earlier than Gabriel Magalhaes’ weird personal aim on the stroke of halftime.
Nevertheless, the Gunners surged to victory within the second half courtesy of targets from Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard. It was simply the second league defeat of the season for Liverpool.
Jan Aage Fjortoft clashed with Carragher over Odegaard’s celebrations after Arsenal’s win vs Liverpool
Carragher discovered himself in a disagreement on social media with Norweigan former Premier League star Jan Aage Fjortoft. The Norweigan took difficulty with the English pundit’s criticism of Odegaard.
Fjortoft defended Odegaard and tagged the Gunners’ membership photographer in his put up on X:
“Come on (Carragher) let Martin show his passion! Also on the pitch. Let him have this moment with his mates at (Arsenal) like @Stuart_PhotoAFC [club photographer].”
Carragher hit again by questioning the Norweigan’s choice to tag the photographer:
“Jan it’s a joke about a Neil Warnock quote, FFS! I like the way you’ve tagged them all in including the camera man so you get the retweets & likes you want.”
Fjortoft responded:
“Yes, Jamie! I tagged in the Arsenal- photographer Stuart MacFarlane, cause he has been at Arsenal since 1991. And he deserves all the praise – I guess that’s the same Arsenal- captain Martin Ø thought after their win.”
Some have accused Carragher of hypocrisy given Liverpool supervisor Klopp’s celebrations displayed this season. The German typically heads for the Kop Finish at Anfield in victory and celebrates with a sequence of fist pumps.
