Martin Odegaard expects there to be ‘heat’ on the pitch when Arsenal meet Manchester City on Sunday — but doesn’t believe it will affect his friendship with Erling Haaland.
The escalating rivalry between the sides follows September’s match, when John Stones’ 97th-minute strike earned City a 2-2 draw. Tempers frayed at the final whistle, when Haaland squared up to Mikel Arteta and told him to ‘stay humble’. In the aftermath, Stones and Bernardo Silva accused Arsenal of time-wasting and ‘dirty’ tactics in their desperation to hold on to a 2-1 lead with 10 men, following Leandro Trossard’s red card.