How many players could be out with ankle ligament damage for two months and reappear as if we blinked and missed it?

Odegaard appears to have wasted no time getting back up to speed and if he can continue to replicate his current numbers and performances, Arsenal may emerge from the busy festive period right on the coattails of Liverpool, who lead the Premier League and Champions League tables.

Your team has hit a creative rut that coincided with the absence of your primary playmaker? Get him back and all your problems evaporate. So yes, the semi-frequent leaden-footed attacking, sterile possession and clumsy decision-making that reared its unfamiliar head at Arsenal over the last two months was nothing more than a team unable to cope without Martin Odegaard.