Arsenal captain Martin Ødegaard accidentally hits a police officer with a football during the team’s victory parade in north London on Sunday. Reports from multiple outlets describe the incident occurring from the parade bus while Ødegaard is participating in events for the crowd. The officer is struck on the head with the ball, and the episode is captured on video.
The parade draws large crowds, with outlets estimating that close to a million people line the streets for the players’ victory lap following Arsenal’s Premier League win last week. Coverage characterizes the hit as accidental rather than intentional.
While the stories differ in wording and emphasis, they consistently report the same core facts: Ødegaard throws or plays with a football during the open-top bus procession, the ball reaches and hits a police officer’s head, and the incident happens in the context of an Arsenal celebration attended by an estimated massive crowd.
