Ghana international Thomas Partey made his return to the Arsenal starting XI for the preseason friendly clash with English League One side Ipswich Town at the Gunners’ London Colney training ground a week ago. The Ghana national team vice-captain played the first 45 minutes as Arsenal thrashed their guests 5-1 thanks to the goals from Eddie Nketiah (hat-trick), Albert-SambiLokonga and substitute Folarin Balogun who has just returned from a loan spell at English Championship outfit Middlesbrough.
Four-time African champions Ghana have been involved in a stalemate with the Central African Republic (CAR) in the second group game for thetwo countries as far as the qualifying campaign for the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Ivory Coast is concerned. Ghana and CAR are in Group E alongside Angola and Madagascar.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has given an update on the thigh injury sustained by Ghana national team star Thomas Partey at the start of last month. The Ghana international sustained the injury during the disappointing 3-0 loss at Crystal Palace in the first game back for the Gunners in the Premier League after the last international break.
The status of Ghana national team star Thomas Partey is still the same ahead of the Premier League meeting between Arsenal and Manchester United. The Ghana international is presently recovering from a thigh injury sustained during the league clash with London rivals Crystal Palace just after the last international break and would miss the visit of Manchester United in the league this weekend.
Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has been getting a lot of praise for his recent performances and it is safe to say that he has deserved the praise. The Ghana international midfielder is easily enjoying his best run of form as an Arsenal player. Aside from his red card against Liverpool last month, the Ghana international hasn't put a foot wrong for the Gunners and it could soon be time to revisit his own rather honest rating of his spell in north London so far.
Before the opening of the January winter transfer window, Chelsea were tipped to make new signings as they were unexpectedly struggling to win games. Chelsea's struggles were particularly credited to their lack of goalscoring prowess and of course, their attackers were made to shoulder the blames. Despite splashing £97 million to bring back former striker Romelu Lukaku to Stamford Bridge last summer from Italian Serie A side Inter Milan, the Blues have still not been as dangerous as they were expected to be.
Four-time champions Ghana started their 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament campaign on a disappointing note following the 1-0 defeat toNorth African giants Morocco. It was the opening match in Group C of the tournament.
Apart from Morocco, Ghana are also in the same group withGabon and debutants Comoros.
In their opening match, Ghana played second fiddle to Morocco for the majority of the game and the North Africans got their reward when Angers FC of France winger SofianeBoufalpounced on some hesitant defending in the Ghana rearguard toscore the winner with seven minutes left to play.
Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey was highly critical of his performances for the Gunners since he moved to the club at the start of last season. The Gunners paid the €50m release clause in his Atletico Madrid contract to secure his transfer. Ghana national team star Parteywas highly critical of his Arsenal form in an interview with Sky Sports as he gave himself a score of 4/10.
Arsenal are now unbeaten in nine games in all competitions after their impressive victory over Leicester City in a Premier League matchday ten clash at the King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Gunners went into the back on the back of an eight-game unbeaten run and they were able to extend it to nine thanks to the 2-0 away win over Leicester City.
The Black Stars of Ghana are on the path of redemptionahead oftheir third game in Group G of the African section for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The Ghanaiansplay hosts to the Warriors of Zimbabwe at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium in Cape Coast for their third Group G outing.
