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Arsenal creator-in-chief Martin Odegaard hopes to make Tottenham sick of the sight of him

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It says a lot about Martin Odegaard's powers of recovery that he spent the night before Arsenal's last visit to Tottenham being sick — but you would never have known it.

Less than 24 hours after he had been struck down by illness, Odegaard roused himself from his sickbed to score and lead the Gunners to their first win at Spurs in the Premier League since 2014.

The Arsenal captain will be hoping for more of the

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