Arsenal star Thomas Partey suffers injury setback ahead of Liverpool clash | 8H6CZ3I | 2024-02-03 16:08:01
Mikel Arteta has revealed that Thomas Partey has suffered a 'little setback' in his return from damage, ruling the midfielder out of Arsenal's Premier League conflict with title rivals Liverpool.
Partey has been sidelined with a thigh drawback since October, which means the 30-year-old has missed Arsenal's last 20 games in all competitions – together with the aspect's 1-1 draw at Anfield just earlier than Christmas.
The Ghana worldwide underwent surgery on his thigh after sustaining the damage within the remaining few moments of a coaching session prior to the Gunners' Champions League clash with Sevilla.
Footage of Partey again in coaching final week raised some hope that a return to first-team action might be imminent, but a recurrence of the difficulty has seemingly delayed the former Atletico Madrid man's restoration.
It comes as a serious blow to the north London club, with Arteta's men heading into an important period within the context of this season's title race, five points adrift of Jurgen Klopp's league leaders.
Asked for an update on Arsenal's damage considerations at his pre-match press convention on Friday, Arteta advised reporters: Gabi [Gabriel Jesus] obviously performed and educated with us the entire week.
'With Thomas, unfortunately we had slightly setback a number of days ago so he's not going to be obtainable to be within the squad. Whether or not it's a matter of days or perhaps weeks, we'll see, however he had somewhat factor.'
Arteta confirmed that Partey felt discomfort in the same space of his thigh, however was unable to put a timescale on the midfielder's attainable return to the fold.
'I'm not a physician however I can try to explain. He felt something once more in a very comparable space and he wasn't capable of practice for the previous few days,' the Arsenal head coach added.
Arsenal are also missing Jurrien Timber and Fabio Vieira via damage, while Mohamed Elneny remains unavailable despite Egypt's elimination on the Africa Cup of Nations by the hands of DR Congo.
Liverpool, in the meantime, travel to north London without the injured talisman Mohamed Salah. The attacker can also be anticipated to overlook the Reds' clash with Chelsea subsequent Wednesday night.
Arteta is relishing the challenge of welcoming a rampant Liverpool to the Emirates and hopes the 'positivity' and 'enthusiasm' amongst Arsenal's help – after back-to-back wins – might steer his players in the direction of all three factors on Sunday.
'All we need to do is play like we've played the final two video games and be more efficient within the areas which are going to determine the sport,' the Spaniard went on.
'But I'm very excited. It's all the time great to organize a recreation towards Liverpool.'
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'How good they're, they dominate every facet of the game and we play at house.
'What I sense is a real sense of positivity and enthusiasm across the place.'
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