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It had been a good few months for Thomas Partey. Ever since ratings his early Arsenal career a 4/10 the Ghanaian had taken on a whole new lease of life in a crucial role at the base of Mikel Arteta 's midfield. The self-chastising that was so prevelant as he tried to force things in those disastrous early December away trips trips Manchester United and Everton were gone as everything now seemed to be flowing.

Having got a run of months together without injury together following extra training sessions on specific muscle groups he appeared to be confident in his body again, while his personal life off the pitch seemed much more stable as London opened up from its COVID restrictions as revealed . He had even scored the crucial goal to help Ghana secure a spot at World Cup in Qatar with a successful strike from outside the box! Could it get much better than that?!

Well on Monday night he found out that the answer was a resounding no. The problem with Partey being so excellent at the base of Arsenal's midfield recently is that teams have worked out just how important he is to the way the Gunners attack. Liverpool tried to press him out of the game last month, but on that night he was too good. This time around though as Connor Gallagher pressed him mercilessly