Thomas Partey has admitted that he has to 'get better', awarding himself a mark of four out of ten for his Arsenal profession to date.
Partey arrived in north London in October 2020 after the Gunners activated his £45m launch clause, with Atletico Madrid reluctant to allow the dynamic midfielder leave. However, on the grounds that then the Ghanaian has struggled to justify his fee tag - at the same time as Atleti have received La Liga in his absence.
Last season Partey made 33 appearances in all competitions for Arsenal, with a string of niggling injuries affecting his availability. He has additionally neglected video games this season because of an ankle criticism, and whilst he has featured his performances have not constantly been convincing.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Partey confessed that he needs to improve over the coming months.
"I give myself 4 [out of 10], because there are moments I can truly harm the opposite group however there also are moments wherein I allow myself to lose cognizance and that's whilst the entirety is going down," he stated.
"This is when you realize that you have to get higher."
Partey got here beneath especially near scrutiny in the course of the Gunners' latest 3-2 defeat to Man Utd, in which he registered his 1/3 worst passing accuracy percent of the marketing campaign.
"From the begin [of the Manchester United game] I had multiple moments where I gave balls away and a person looking on TV from domestic or in the stadium, it is ordinary that they see this," he added.
"At the stop, I should be glad with a few moments, I need to study from the bad components and try to do higher. I suppose they demanded extra and individually I realize I can deliver greater. I need to hold operating and at the stop I will get the results."
He persevered: "I should read extra of the sport. Now I am having quite a few non-stop video games, it's far regular that some games, or some moments inside the video games, I might be down.
