Thomas Partey will get an MRI after being forced to leave the Manchester City game due to injury, according to Mikel Arteta.
On Friday, the midfielder started the FA Cup match between the Etihad Stadium and was replaced in the middle of the field by Albert Sambi Lokonga at halftime.
Nathan Ake scored the only goal of the game as Manchester City edged past Arsenal 1-0 in a closely-fought FA Cup fourth-round battle at the Etihad Stadium.
Partey has been an integral part of an Arsenal team that leads the Premier League standings by five points, but he has a history of injury problems, and his most recent setback may mean doom for the Gunners. Ahead of the game against City Ray Parlour suggested Arteta rest Partey.
“He had some discomfort and it was getting worse and worse,” Arteta said after the game.
“He was uncomfortable to continue. (Saturday) or the day after he will have an MRI scan and see what he has,”
“We have at the moment the injury of Mo (Elneny). It is not possible to get him fit. Sambi has come in and has done well. It is true Thomas is a big influence and a big personality and in the second half we didn’t have him,”