The international break serves up little for club football fans except a period of desperate hope that your team’s players return unscathed to finish the season strongly. As is typically the case however not everything goes to plan and whilst Martin Odegaard escaped a dangerous Rodri challenge Thomas Partey on the other hand has seemingly not been as fortunate.
The Ghana head coach Chris Hughton confirmed the side’s talismanic midfielder had indeed suffered a problem. In his post-match interview, Hughton said: "Thomas [Partey] has some small issues. We felt it was too big of a risk to start him [against Angola]."
The extent of the injury remains somewhat unknown although Goal suggests he remains with a good chance of featuring against Leeds United. The episode however has again raised the question mark of how Arsenal should react if they are ever without the 29-year-old.
