Partey issues public apology to Arsenal fans
Things were already going bad for Arsenal. They were two-nil down against Jurgen Klopp’s men when Thomas Partey received a second booking.
The red card shown to the Ghanaian means that he will miss the Premier League home game against Burnley on Sunday.
After somehow managing to avoid missing a single league game for the Gunners due to his participation in AFCON, how ironical it is that when he’s here, Partey won’t be able to feature?
If you ask me, it’s an Arsenal thing. *gives a thumbs up*
After his naivety, the former Atletico Madrid man immediately took to Instagram to issue a public apology to the Arsenal fans.
Partey was critical of himself on his social media handle
On his Insta story the midfielder said, “Am responsible for anything that happened and will take all the critiques, I should be more intelligent not to get in a challenge already booked.” He’s certainly right there.
The 28-year-old continued, “But this is my personality, I like to fight for every ball. I love this club and I love my country, even though things sometimes don’t happen how I wanted.”
“I would continue to work harder and make things right. I came back with the mentality to make myself available for team to get to the final, but it did not happen as planned.”
I am not happy with what happened yesterday: Partey
“I will continue to give my all on the field of play because this is my life, and this is what I chose to do. Am not happy with all that happened yesterday and at the AFCON, but I understand only with hard work things will change.”
“So, I’ll continue to work hard to change this.” He ended with a humble ‘thanks.’
This makes it clear that the combative midfielder is not just a good player, but a good human being too who cares about his club and country.
After going out of the EFL Cup, Mikel Arteta’s men have only one target now: to finish in the Champions League places.
And Partey will be one of his team’s front faces for their fight to do just that.
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