Comment: Revitalised Odegaard and inspired Nwaneri serve Arteta his silver linings

A stunning 7-1 victory at PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League showed Arsenal's crisis has also enabled Mikel Arteta to find a very special new hero – and revitalise an old one.

MAGICAL MEN: Arsenal's Ethan Nwaneri and Martin Odegaard during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, first leg match at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Pic: Peter Lous/PA Wire.

Injuries have robbed Arsenal of their entire first-choice attack and perhaps denied them a Premier League title, but a stunning 7-1 victory at PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League showed the crisis has also enabled Mikel Arteta to find a very special new hero – and revitalise an old one.

Martin Odegaard’s two goals in a remarkable performance in the Netherlands were only his fourth and fifth of a season in which he hasn’t quite hit the same heights of last year; but he relished the opportunity to lead a young side battling to save their season and ran the game.