Mikel Arteta revealed when Thomas Partey will return to the first team before kick-off on Saturday afternoon.
Arsenal pulled off a very important and extremely dramatic win against Aston Villa on Saturday. The Gunners managed to pull themselves back into the game not once but twice, eventually going on to grab the win.
But they had to do it without one of their most important players, Partey.
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The midfielder suffered a muscle injury before the Manchester City game and again, was left out of the squad.
Speaking before the match, Arteta revealed that he will ‘need another week’.
‘He’s not fit. He didn’t even train with us yesterday. He wasn’t feeling good enough to do that so he probably need another week.’ he told BT Sport.
Luckily for Arsenal fans their acquisition of Jorginho in the transfer window has paid off as he stepped up and made the third goal for his new side.