Black Stars midfielder Thomas Partey was injured in his team's 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace on Monday night. Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey was unable to finish the game due to an injury in an embarrassing 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace
Following Monday night's win, Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira's Crystal Palace team extended their unbeaten run to seven games and moved into ninth place in the Premier League table.
Arsenal fell behind early on when Jean-Philippe Mateta headed in Joachim Andersen's incisive free-kick.
The hosts were relentless in attack, and they doubled their lead in the 23rd minute. Nuno Tavares botched the clearance of Andersen's through ball, which found Black Stars striker Jordan Ayew, who doubled his team's lead.
When Bukayo Saka fell in the Palace box early in the second half, there were yells, but the referee waved them away. Emile Smith Rowe came close to scoring for Arsenal early on, but his effort was too feeble to trouble Guaita.
Arsenal was once again to blame when Palace scored their third goal, despite their valiant efforts. When the referee blew for a foul in the box after Martin Odegaard tripped Wilfried Zaha, the Norwegian was amused. The Ivorian winger stepped up calmly to put the Eagles up three goals.
Arsenal's dreadful night got even worse when Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey went down with an injury, allowing Albert Sambi Lokonga to take his place.
Arsenal's top-four hopes are in jeopardy due to injuries to left-back Kieran Tierney and Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey.
