Martin Ødegaard’s fine second-half goal saw Arsenal kick off their Champions League campaign with a 1-0 win at Napoli on Wednesday.
The Gunners, who are aiming to go one better than last season’s final defeat this time around, looked like they would be frustrated by missed chances in Naples.
But Ødegaard continued his brilliant start to the campaign by coming up with the goods 15 minutes from time to give his side a winning start in the league phase, firing in off a post from the edge of the area.
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It should have been a much more routine victory but Mikel Merino, Bukayo Saka, Piero Hincapié and Noni Madueke all missed sitters.
Still, they maintained their 100 percent start to the season and their attention now turns to a testing Premier League trip to Sunderland on Saturday.
