Arsenal’s next two Premier League games against Crystal Palace and Newcastle United will be a true measure of the improvement the London club have made in the last few weeks, manager Mikel Arteta said on Monday. Arteta’s side welcome Palace to the Emirates Stadium on Thursday before hosting Newcastle four days later. “The next two games are crucial to see the direction we’re taking to reinforce the things we have improved on,” Arteta, whose side are 11th in the league after a poor start, told a news conference. Yesterday he tested a little bit better so let’s hope we have a scan today and it’s not as serious... we can have Gabi back really soon,” Arteta said. He had really bad luck.”Arteta added midfielder Thomas Partey was ready to return from a thigh injury.

Source: The Star January 11, 2021 21:00 UTC