Thomas Partey reveals how Mikel Arteta planned his 'assist' for Gabriel Martinelli vs Watford

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Thomas Partey has revealed how Mikel Arteta planned his 'assist' for Gabriel Martinelli's goal during Arsenal's 3-2 win over Watford on Sunday.

With the score at 2-1 early in the second half the Gunners boss raced out of his technical area to retrieve a misplaced pass from Imran Louza which had gone out of play, enabling Bukayo Saka to take a quick throw in that set off a delightful team move involving Cedric and Alexandre Lacazette which culminated in Martinelli's finish.

When asked about it after the game Arteta appeared to imply that it was a spur of the moment thing. "Everybody can contribute somehow and I had the opportunity to do that, so it’s good," the Spaniard said in his post-match press conference.

But now Partey has revealed that there was slightly more thinking behind the event.

"We train this, we try to play quick," the Ghanaian told Arsenal's in house media after the game. "In the end what we trained we were able to take to the game.

"I am very proud of this team and we are happy. We have to continue in this way."

Martinelli's strike put the Gunners into a commanding 3-1 lead after first half strikes from Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka had come either side of Cucho Hernandez's bicycle kick, and