Partey apologises to Arsenal fans after whirlwind day of waking up in Cameroon, jetting to London and getting sent off
THOMAS PARTEY has apologised to Arsenal fans for getting sent off in just 15 minutes against Liverpool.
The Ghana midfielder came off the bench in the 74th minute of the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg.
But he picked up two bookings in just three minutes and was given his marching orders in the dying moments of the 2-0 defeat.
Partey woke up in Cameroon on Thursday and dashed to London to play in the second leg.
But his whirlwind day ended with being shown a red card and Arsenal having been dumped out of the Carabao Cup.
Partey wrote on Instagram: “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.
“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 and make things right.
“I came back with the mentality to make myself available for team to get to the final but it did not happen as planed (sic).”
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It comes after Partey’s Ghana side were also sent crashing out of the Africa Cup of Nations in the group stage.
The four-time African champions finished bottom of Group C with just one point from their three games.
Partey continued: “I will continue to give my all when am on the field of play because this is my life and this is what I chose to do.
“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. Thanks.”
Arsenal’s Wembley dream was dashed by two goals from Diogo Jota in Thursday night’s second leg.
Liverpool sealed their spot in the final against Chelsea on 27 February thanks to the 2-0 aggregate win.
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