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 Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard has shared an update on his recovery from a shoulder injury ahead of Sunday's Premier League clash with Manchester City.


The Norway skipper sustained his second shoulder problem in three matches during last weekend's 3-0 beating of Nottingham Forest, suffering an awkward fall as he got caught up in a Morgan Gibbs-White and Jurrien Timber 50-50.


Odegaard initially tried to soldier on - just as he did against Leeds United in August when he first injured his shoulder - but he eventually had to call it quits and was replaced by Ethan Nwaneri.


The playmaker's issue - which was to the same shoulder he hurt against the Whites last month - prevented him from turning out in Tuesday's 2-0 Champions League win over Athletic Bilbao, and Mikel Arteta was as tight-lipped as he could be when giving an update to the media on Friday.


However, speaking in his programme notes ahead of the visit of Pep Guardiola's side, Odegaard expressed hope that he would be fit to face the Citizens and lamented the "really bad luck" he had suffered in the early stages of the new season.


Odegaard hopeful of facing Man City after shoulder injury


"First, a quick update on my fitness. My shoulder was very sore, but I’ve just been taking it day by day this week, working hard to hopefully be ready in time for today’s game," Odegaard wrote. "It’s the same shoulder that I hurt in the Leeds United game, pretty much the same injury again, so it’s just really bad luck. 


"The first injury had healed really well, I was over it – but then the same thing happened again. It had never happened to me in 11 years, but then it happens twice in two weeks so it’s a strange one, and very unfortunate. 


"The challenge itself was fine. I think three of us went for the same ball, and I felt something connect with my foot which kind of flipped me forward, and I couldn’t do anything about how I landed. 


"It was really tough to come off because I was excited to be playing at home again, feeling good after the internationals and really wanting to be out there after coming off in the Leeds game."


Odegaard's possible return to fitness would represent a third squad boost for Arteta in a matter of hours, as the Arsenal boss has already received two pieces of good news on the injury front ahead of Sunday's headline encounter.

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