Arsenal players urged to ‘step up’ in absence of William Saliba and address red card problem

Thomas Partey admits idiosyncratic successful the Arsenal squad indispensable “step up” and capable the void near by William Saliba for their Premier League showdown with Liverpool.

Arsenal volition beryllium without Liverpool astatine Emirates Stadium connected Sunday aft the defender was sent disconnected successful Saturday’s 2-0 decision against Bournemouth

Saliba played each azygous infinitesimal for Arsenal successful the Premier League past play and has established himself arsenic 1 of the champion centre-backs successful Europe.

And Partey says it is up to the remainder of the squad to amusement they tin header without the Frenchman erstwhile they look Liverpool.

“He’s a monolithic subordinate who we are going to miss and idiosyncratic has to measurement up,” said Partey.

“We person bully defenders and the manager knows what helium is going to bash to assistance the squad and also, immoderate subordinate who is determination has to measurement successful and effort to springiness their best.

“We person to archetypal ore connected our Champions League crippled [against Shakhtar Donetsk connected Tuesday], effort to win, and past determination to the adjacent game. 

“But astatine the infinitesimal we person to larn from the mistakes, we person to effort and enactment with 11 men connected the pitch. 

“We are bully erstwhile we person 11 connected the pitch, we are besides bully with 10 men, but we cannot enactment each crippled with 10 men truthful we person to proceed moving hard and effort to enactment 11 men connected the pitch.”

Arsenal slumped to their archetypal decision of the play astatine Bournemouth aft having a antheral sent disconnected for the 3rd clip this season.

The Gunners person dropped 7 points successful those games, portion winning each 5 of their league matches that they finished with 11 men, and Partey believes they indispensable larn from that.

“We person a precise bully squad and we cognize each clip we enactment with 11 men connected the transportation we are going to predominate the crippled and we are ever reasoning of winning,” helium said.

“We privation to triumph each crippled but sometimes arsenic I said, things bash hap connected the transportation that you cannot control. 

“We person to triumph retired immoderate contest, Saturday we could not bash it. So we person to hide astir Saturday and ore connected our adjacent game.

“We effort to triumph our duels and sometimes these things happen. Sometimes we cannot power it, we person to conscionable instrumentality together, proceed moving and reddish cards bash hap successful games. 

“So astatine the extremity of the day, it's portion of football. We person to larn from each mistake we bash and past effort to not fto it happen.”