Thomas Partey has apologised to Arsenal's supporters and admitted he should have been 'more intelligent' following his red card in his side's defeat to Liverpool.
The Gunners exited the Carabao Cup at the semi-final stage after losing to Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday night.
Diogo Jota was twice on target for Jurgen Klopp’s team as they claimed a 2-0 aggregate victory following the goalless draw at Anfield last week.
Partey was brought on by Mikel Arteta with 15 minutes to go having been rushed back to club duty after Ghana were knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday.
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However, Partey was sent off for picking up two yellow cards in three minutes after he entered the field of play.
The midfielder's red card will suspend him for Arsenal's next Premier League match at home to Burnley on Sunday, and he was quick to apologise after the game.
“(I) am responsible for anything that happened and will take all the critiques, I should be more intelligent not to get in a challenge already booked but this is my personality. I like to fight for every ball,” he wrote on Instagram.
“I love this club and I love my country even though things sometimes don't happen how I wanted, I would continue to work harder to make things right.
“I came back (from AFCON duty) with the mentality to make myself available for the team to get to the (Carabao Cup) final but it did not happen as planed (sic).
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“I will continue to give my all when I am on the field of play because this is my life and this is what I chose to do.
“(I) am not happy with all that happened yesterday and at the AFCON but I understand only with hard work things will change so I will continue to work hard to change this.”
Arsenal boss Arteta said on Partey’s sending off: “It’s again a big loss. We have to learn from that.
“We’ve played the last three games with 10 men and against top sides and you can’t do that because you’re completely exposed.
“It’s difficult enough to beat them, but with 10 men it’s then a real challenge. It’s not what we need for sure with the amount of players that we have out not to have him.”
