Partey looking back to his best after dropping an impressive performance in both midfield and defense against Shakhtar!
Arsenal got back to winning ways relatively comfortably in the Champions League last night which meant that we climbed up to 4th on the log with 7 points accumulated in 3 games so far. As comfortable as the win might have been, we gooners would have expected more against a side that was stuck in 27th in the table before the clash.
We lacked any real level of intensity especially in the second period which culminated in the penalty miss from Leandro Trossard in the 77th minute, you cannot help but blame our growing injury list for this with Calafiori also making that list with what looked like a serious injury last night. With that said however, there’re still some positives to take away from the win besides the three points obviously, with Martinelli’s man of the match performance being one of them however The one that has got me and many other gooners excited was the performance of Thomas Partey.
After that display we’re close to seeing him at his absolute best again, with his physicality and passing being at their shining best against Shakhtar. even after he switched to right-back for the second half, he still continued his impressive display from the first half with his ball carrying abilities being on show for that second half. He looks fitter and better than ever which is a big plus to our midfield and general hopes for the season ahead because of how important these sort of players are to a team.
With his contract expiring at the end of the season, he surely is playing his way into a contract extension if he continues to drop impressive displays like this on a consistent basis. Liverpool coming up next and our hope will be that he can continue to show consistency by dropping another fine display against the league leaders on Sunday!
What would you all rate Partey’s display out of a 10 against Shakhtar Donetsk?!
KENNETH BENJAMIN.
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He was, by a mile, the best player on the pitch.
Pathey has always Mr dependable when fully fit and inform. We can only hope we enjoy his positive fitness longer. Thank goodness he is inform at the right time for Arsenal and same for Matinelli.
The world class player is back, have seen him single handedly carried Arsenal on his back, surely he’ll be the first name on the time sheet on Sunday
He was the best Arsenal player on the night, but he needs to do it consistently.
To think that some fans on JA were advocating for his release at the end of the season!!
Just goes to show that none of us are going to make PL managers, even though we all seem to think we could do a better job!!
For me, it was asking why on earth MA resigned Odegaard 🤔😷