Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard has shared a positive update on his recovery as he continues to rehabilitate from an ankle ligament injury that has sidelined him for the past month.The midfielder sustained the injury during the second half of Norway’s 2-1 victory over Austria in the Nations League during the last international break, causing concern among Arsenal fans. He hasn’t featured for the Gunners since then.Medical scans revealed that Odegaard had suffered ‘significant’ ligament damage, indicating a lengthy recovery period. While the club has been hesitant to specify a return date, Odegaard himself has given fans some optimism.Resilient Gunners and Man City keep up with L’pool after hard-fought winsOdegaard provided an update speaking in the Arsenal matchday programme ahead of Sunday’s win over Southampton.“I just wanted to share the latest on my injury and rehab. Over the past week, I’ve made significant progress. I’m getting better and better by the day and feel it’s going well. When you feel like things are moving forward, it gives you motivation to do more and more and work harder. ‘Today is our last game before another international break, so that gives me some more time to work on the rehab too.’Hopefully, it won’t be much longer; I think we will know more as soon as I get out on the training pitches and we see how my ankle responds to that.’At the moment it’s progressing well and it looks better than we were thinking, but we’ve still got to take every day as it comes.’Hungry Saka announces an attack on Man City: “I think this is the year”Despite Odegaard’s absence, Arsenal has maintained strong form, achieving five wins and two draws in the seven games without their captain.In Sunday’s 3-1 victory against Southampton, the Gunners came from behind to secure a crucial win, heading into the international break just one point behind Premier League leaders Liverpool.The visitors took a surprise lead early in the second half, but Arsenal responded with goals from Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli, and Bukayo Saka.##EDITORS_CHOICE##After the match, manager Mikel Arteta expressed his satisfaction with the team’s performance.’First half I thought it was exceptional. The amount of dominance that we had in the areas that we played, the amount of situations and chances we created in open play and set pieces, our counter-press worked really well there. It’s unbelievable that we didn’t score a goal.’Then we started the second half, we were a bit sloppy, especially in the first 5-10 minutes with the ball and then the game became a little more open. ‘Then the chance they had, they scored the goal, and then again, we’ve thrown everything away that we did in the first half. It was a completely brand-new game in a really difficult context and the team reacted incredibly well with a lot of composure; big belief, very good clarity in what we had to do. The crowd were exceptional, the subs were exceptional and we managed to win again.’##NAJAVA_MECA_8389077##
