As Arsenal move second with an emphatic win at West Ham, BBC Sport looks at how Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka are keeping their title hopes alive.
Many Premier League champions feature double acts - essential attacking supply lines which feed the title charge.
Their on-pitch relationship is so good they can even share penalty duties. With both Saka and Odegaard netting from the spot, Arsenal scored two first-half penalties for the first time in a Premier League match. "I just wonder, has Martin Odegaard been as big a miss to Arsenal as Rodri to Manchester City?" asked Chris Sutton on BBC Radio 5 Live. "Arsenal are growing on me. With Martin Odegaard back, they are a different team."Arsenal have not lost a Premier League game Odegaard has played in since April - but it is notable from some key stats that while Saka has played double the minutes of Odegaard, he has much more than double the Norwegian's number in several key metrics.
That was encapsulated at London Stadium. Saka created four chances to Odegaard's one, and had nine touches in the West Ham box."Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard linked up beautifully at times and they looked like the side we've seen over the last couple of years," Jamie Redknapp told Sky Sports. Saka, whose penalty to make it 5-2 was his first away league goal of the season, has now been directly involved in 15 Premier League goals in 2024-25 - second only to the 16 by Mohamed Salah.
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