The first international break of the year is nearly over but Monday's fixtures brought about one fresh injury concern for Arsenal.
As revealed by Ghana manager Chris Hughton, Thomas Partey wasn't risked in their Africa Cup of Nations qualification clash against Angola with an injury which isn't thought to be too serious: "Thomas has some small issues, a small injury issue and we felt it was too big of a risk to start him," he said.
On one hand, this is exactly what Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta would have been hoping to avoid as he did call for his 14 senior players selected for international duty to return in the same physical state they left in. With that said, the fact Partey was fit enough to make the bench suggests the midfielder should be fine.
