Martin Odegaard reacts to making it through to the Champions League quarter finals
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard reacts to making it through to the Champions League quarter finals
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00:00 We said before that you guys needed to learn, did we see tonight that you definitely learned
00:13 something from that game?
00:15 Yeah, I think we won the game, we got through, so that was the goal and we did it. Still
00:22 I feel like we could have done better with the ball, could have created more chances
00:27 and threatened them more, but in the end we got there and that's all that matters.
00:31 You're going to the draw on Friday now, there's going to be eight big names, but Arsenal is
00:35 one of those names, so I assume you don't fear anyone?
00:37 That's where we want to be, we want to be at the biggest stage as I've said many times,
00:41 we want to play the biggest games and fight for the biggest trophies, so yeah that's where
00:45 we want to be.
00:46 For you is this night like this, the moment like this, why you joined this club?
00:50 Yeah definitely, when I came here I believed in the project, in the club, what we're doing,
00:56 everything around the club I believed in it and we are here now doing well, so we just
01:01 have to keep pushing each other and make sure we get a little bit better every day and then
01:04 we'll see where it takes us.
01:05 In terms of the momentum for the season, obviously this is the Champions League going forward,
01:08 what does it do for the title race as well when you've had a night like this?
01:11 I think it's a massive boost for everyone, I think the way we did it also, maybe not
01:16 the best game, but you just see everyone pushing so hard, digging so deep and I think you see
01:22 that mentality as well in the team when we step up for the penalty, so we are really
01:26 proud of everyone and we have to use this in a good way.
01:29 Mark touched on it there, but you do look at that quarter-final draw and you see Barca
01:32 though, you see Bayern Munich, is there anyone you think like 'I don't want to go there'
01:36 or do you want to go to these big stages, do you take on these teams?
01:38 To be honest we can't think like that, it's the biggest tournament in the world you know
01:42 and no matter what team we get it's going to be a good team and we'll just take what
01:46 we get and then we'll try to win.
01:48 Do you think you guys today almost rose above, I know we keep saying this dark arts thing,
01:53 but did you have to rise above that today, the gaugemanship and focus on the occasion
01:57 itself?
01:58 Yeah I think it's just game management, we talk about that a lot of times, to control
02:03 the emotions and I think we did that really well.
02:06 We came into the game with belief, we got the first goal and we kept on trying all the
02:11 time and we didn't get the goal but in the end we got there so I'm proud of everything
02:15 we did.
02:16 Have you ever celebrated a goal like that when it hasn't been a goal?
02:19 You seem to be the only one who didn't know.
02:20 I was mad wasn't I, I felt a bit awkward when I turned around and I saw no one so yeah I
02:25 was sure it was a goal and looking at the foul it's a really soft one as well so yeah
02:30 we got there so that's my name.
02:32 It's obviously a young squad, does this feel like a bit of a coming of age moment for them
02:35 to have a night like this, experience like this?
02:37 I think we have to use this you know, we have to grow on this, as I say it's a massive night
02:42 for everyone, still a young squad but it's another big experience for everyone and yeah
02:47 we have to keep building on that and using that in a good way going into the end of the
02:51 season so yeah it should be a massive boost for everyone.
02:53 We're going to come back after the break, you're going to have ten league games, Champions
02:56 League, quarter-final, do you look at that and think let's go for both of these big trophies
03:00 and both in time, you don't need to prioritise?
03:02 Yeah I mean every time we play we want to win, we want to fight for all the trophies
03:06 we can and that's the goal but as I've said many times we have to play it game by game
03:10 and step by step and as I've said also before there's so many things we still can improve
03:15 and that's the focus we have to have now going into the end so then we'll see.
03:19 Well done guys, yeah well done, perfect.
03:22 Thank you guys.