Arsenal star Thomas Partey suffers injury setback ahead of Liverpool clash
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 before Christmas.
The Ghana worldwide underwent surgery on his thigh after sustaining the damage in the ultimate few moments of a training session previous to the Gunners' Champions League conflict with Sevilla.
Footage of Partey back in coaching last 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 in the context of this season's title race, 5 points adrift of Jurgen Klopp's league leaders.
Asked for an replace on Arsenal's damage considerations at his pre-match press conference on Friday, Arteta informed reporters: Gabi [Gabriel Jesus] clearly played and educated with us the whole week.
'With Thomas, sadly we had somewhat setback a couple of days in the past so he's not going to be obtainable to be in the squad. Whether or not it's a matter of days or perhaps weeks, we'll see, but he had a bit of factor.'
Arteta confirmed that Partey felt discomfort in the identical area of his thigh, however was unable to place a timescale on the midfielder's potential return to the fold.
'I'm not a physician but I can try to clarify. He felt something again in a really 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 by way of damage, whereas Mohamed Elneny stays unavailable regardless of Egypt's elimination on the Africa Cup of Nations by the hands of DR Congo.
Liverpool, meanwhile, travel to north London without the injured talisman Mohamed Salah. The attacker can also be expected to miss the Reds' conflict with Chelsea next Wednesday evening.
Arteta is relishing the problem 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 points on Sunday.
'All we have to do is play like we've played the final two video games and be more environment friendly within the areas which might be going to determine the game,' the Spaniard went on.
'But I'm very excited. It's all the time nice to organize a recreation towards Liverpool.'
'How good they're, they dominate each facet of the game and we play at residence.
'What I sense is a real sense of positivity and enthusiasm across the place.'
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