Arsenal have been handed a significant boost in their race for the Premier League title after Thomas Partey 's Ghana side were eliminated from the World Cup on Friday after a 2-0 defeat to Uruguay in their final match of group H.
The game already had plenty of needle going into it after Luis Suarez's controversial comments relating to his handball that prevented the Black Stars from progressing to the semi finals in 2010, but the drama was taken up a notch early on.
That night in South Africa, Asamoah Gyan missed the penalty awarded after Suarez's dramatic save and it seemed that Andre Ayew would have the perfect chance for revenge when he stepped up to take a spot kick awarded after Mohamed Kudus had been fouled in the box.
