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Before every game at Emirates Stadium, Martin Odegaard lifts the lid on the mood in the camp via his captain’s notes published in the matchday programme.

Ahead of this evening's big Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid, he discusses how his knee injury occurred, how the recovery is going, a timeframe for a return and what he's doing to still be a leader off the pitch. Here is a snippet:

It was another really good result for us on Saturday at Fulham. whenever you keep a clean sheet and win away in this league you can be happy.

I had to watch the game from home as I’m recovering from my knee injury of course, but the rehab is going well. I had a few days off after the West Ham game, because I couldn’t do much work and had to rest my knee anyway, so I went to Norway. But I’ve been back for a week now and working every day to keep my fitness up as well as trying to heal the injury, so it’s busy days at the moment.It's hard...