Odegaard fumes, Xhaka shines & Tierney boost - Arsenal international round-up

Latest Arsenal news takes a closer look at how senior players such as Martin Odegaard, Granit Xhaka and Kieran Tierney fared in the first round of this month's international fixtures

The first round of fixtures in the March international break have now been completed as Mikel Arteta can look forward to welcoming back his senior Arsenal players from next week.

Perhaps, the other main talking point is the fact that Kieran Tierney got 90 minutes under his belt as Scotland cruised to a 3-0 win over Cyprus at Hampden Park. Of course, as is the case when the left-back returns home, he is assigned a new role as a left-sided centre-back - a position he is well suited for according to Steve Clarke.

With the other Arsenal internationals competing in qualifiers for either Euro 2024 or the Africa Cup of Nations or, in some cases friendlies at U21 level, football.london takes a look at how they fared whilst in action for their respective countries over the past few days.

A nightmare start to the game saw Jakub Kiwior's Poland lose 3-1 to Czech Republic, but Thomas Partey played the entire 90 minutes as Ghana beat Angola, Fabio Vieira was a second half substitute as Portugal U21's beat Romania 2-0 and Leandro Trossard started Belgium's 3-0 win over Sweden.

"He’s coming with his studs right on my ankle," he told TV2. "But I’m sure I’ll get punished [if I say anymore]. I don’t bother saying anything else about the referee. It’s better not to say anything."