Eight days after his full success at the Emirates Stadium in the first leg (3-0), Arsenal presented the cover to Bernabeu. While Real Madrid dreamed of a comeback, the Gunners put the cover back by winning 2-1. However, the evening was not perfect for the London camp. The fault of Thomas Partey.
Warned at the end of the match on Wednesday, the Ghanaian midfielder will be suspended for the first round. The former Madrid was indeed among the four players of the Gunners under the threat of a suspension in the event of a yellow card. But if Jurriën Timber, Gabriel Martinelli and Declan Rice managed to master themselves, this was not the case with their teammate of Thomas Partey, guilty of having reacted after a gross fault of Antonio Rüdiger.
And to see the enormous anger of Declan Rice against his friend of the midfielder, the absence of the Ghanaian for the first leg will necessarily be detrimental, which, which is confirmed to
The team John Cross, journalist at Mirror.
And PSG is not the same as in the fall
“For this meeting, the Thomas Partey environment will be suspended, which will necessarily penalize Arsenal, because it has evolved at an exceptional level since the start of the European campaign. And its natural replacement, Jorginho, will probably not be recovered from his injury. How will Arteta do to overcome these absences? It's a real dilemma “he said.
Despite the 2-0 victory acquired against PSG during the group phase, Mikel Arteta wanted to be careful after the qualification of his family. “I watched their match against Aston Villa, it was crazy. I know their coach very well. They are in an incredible dynamic right now ”, he said.
