Arsenal’s Thomas Partey says he will work to change his fortunes after a testing few days for club and country.
The 28-year-old came on in the 74th minute of Arsenal’s EFL Cup semi-final defeat to Liverpool and was then booked and sent off between minutes 87 and 90.
His red card came two days after he played for Ghana in a shock group-stage defeat to Comoros that eliminated them from the Africa Cup of Nations.
“I am not happy with all that happened yesterday and at Afcon,” he said.
“But I understand only with hard work things will change so I will continue to work hard to change this”.
“I am responsible for anything that happened and will take all the critics,” added Partey, who joined Arsenal from Atletico Madrid for £45.3m in 2020.
“I should be more intelligent not to get into a challenge when 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 sometimes things don’t happen how I wanted. I will continue to work harder and make things right.
“I will continue to give my all for the team when I am on the field of play because this is my life and this is what I choose to do.”
