Despite Leicester’s victory, an Arsenal player publicly apologizes for his subpar performance.
Midfielder Mikel Merino, who played as a substitute striker, scored two goals late in the game to help Arsenal defeat Leicester City 2-0 on Saturday, but Thomas Partey was not at his best in the middle.
Thomas Partey, an Arsenal star, acknowledged that he was “not at his best” during Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Leicester.
With Kai Havertz sidelined for the season and Leandro Trossard starting as a makeshift striker, the Gunners looked inferior at first at the King Power Stadium without a string of important players.
Mikel Arteta substituted midfielder Mikel Merino to play as a striker after seeing players like Raheem Sterling struggle to make an impact against the Foxes. It paid off, as the Spaniard inspired their victory with a late brace.
Before becoming enamored with Jorginho, Partey played 76 minutes of the match. He posted an honest evaluation of his performance on Instagram. “The strength of the team carries us to victory on days when I’m not at my best,” he stated. Vamoooosss.
Merino ultimately led Arsenal to victory on a challenging day, and Arteta gave his super substitute extra credit while acknowledging that the team was fortunate that he scored.
“I believe the game began to work better for him because we had more momentum, more sequences, and more set pieces during that time, and they began to defend much deeper. And we thought he could have an effect on the game,” Arteta said. He did it, which was fortunate for us.
“We are aware that we will need to share that. There will be a variety of contexts, We may occasionally need to substitute a player because he is not playing, the opposition is engaged in another activity, he has been given a yellow card, or he is simply tired.
Partey participated in the match at the King Power for 76 minutes before Jorginho took his place.
And that will really limit our options in terms of personnel. However, we are ready for a variety of situations. Then, those scenarios must be successful. I’m hoping they’ll perform as well as Mikel did today.
Partey has been crucial to the Gunners’ attempt to win the Premier League this season, even though Merino was the one who ultimately stole the show.
Under Arteta, the Ghanaian has started 21 league games for Arsenal, tallying three goals and providing two assists thus far.
Partey, who cost £45 million to sign in 2020, has started ten more games across all competitions to help Arsenal fight on several fronts.