Ally McCoist noticed something concerning that Martin Odegaard was doing during Arsenal’s win over Monaco

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Although Arsenal managed to dispatch Monaco 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night, it wasn’t the most convincing display.

Arsenal were better from open play in terms of creating chances when compared to games against Manchester United and Fulham, but they were arguably facing worse opposition.

And when the likes of Gabriel Jesus, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli all failed to take their chances to add to Bukayo Saka’s first half goal, things got tense for a while.

Monaco were much better at the start of the second half, Takumi Minamino made a difference coming on at half-time and Arsenal were suddenly conceding chances.

Fortunately from Mikel Arteta’s point of view, they weren’t punished, mainly because Monaco kept missing. 

Martin Odegaard wanted Arsenal fans to be louder in 3-0 win over Monaco

That being said, both Darren Fletcher and Ally McCoist spotted a concern at the Emirates Stadium during the 3-0 win.

In the 54th minute of the game during TNT Sports’ coverage, Fletcher noticed that there were quite a few empty seats in N5.

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McCoist then agreed, and said that he noticed Odegaard gesturing to the crowd on a couple of occasions.

Usually the Emirates is a sell-out, but Arsenal had been advertising tickets much later than normal before the game, even sending texts to members’ phones.

Fletcher initially said: “Not quite full tonight the Emirates – just looking around at one or two empty seats getting to Christmas.”

McCoist said: “I think you make a valid point, the first half was certainly quieter than I’ve heard it.

“I’ve seen the skipper on a couple of occasions, Odegaard, trying to get the crowd going.”

Why was the Emirates Stadium so empty against Monaco?

Officially, according to almost every news outlet, Arsenal were close to full capacity at 60,157 during their win over Monaco.

However, those at the ground or watching from home could see that wasn’t the case.

Arsenal’s capacity is said to be 60,704, a figure the side usually get close to in every home match.

So far this season, it’s being reported that Arsenal only dropped below the 60,000 mark during wins over Bolton Wanderers and Shakhtar Donetsk in the EFL Cup and Champions League respectively.

Perhaps Arsenal’s mid-week game against Monaco simply came at the wrong time for some fans during the busy festive season, but it’s certainly something to keep an eye on.