Arsenal duo Gabriel Jesus & Partey out of action for few weeks

Gabriel Jesus picked up an injury in Arsenal's 2-1 win over Sevilla

Thomas Partey and Gabriel Jesus of Arsenal are anticipated to remain sidelined for several weeks. While Partey hurt his thigh during practice on Monday, Jesus hurt his hamstring during Tuesday's victory over Sevilla.

According to Mikel Arteta, both of them will be sidelined for a few weeks, which means they won't be playing until the international break occurs the following month.

Thomas Partey, though, may need to miss more time from the sidelines as he is scheduled to undergo more testing.

“He (Partey) has got a muscle injury and we expect him to be out for a few weeks,” said Arteta. “We don’t really know the extent of it still and he has more tests today.

“But he picked up that injury in training, in the last training session with the last kick of the ball before Sevilla. It’s very unfortunate.

“I don’t think [it was because he went away with Ghana]. He was coming from a period of absence and he needed minutes and he played with the national team. We try to always be in touch with them.

“And then we have two games with Chelsea and Sevilla, very, very close, and we decided not to load him in the first game to play him in Seville - and then that happened in training.

“Sometimes it is difficult, you try to prevent it. If he had got injured against Chelsea or against City, we would have said we had rushed him. But then you rest him and he gets injured. It is things that happen in football.”

Given that Jesus has already missed a significant portion of the season due to a knee injury sustained in August, his inability to play is a huge blow to Arsenal.

Tuesday saw the striker return to form, scoring a goal and assisting in setting up another, but he will now be sidelined for a while.

“The scans show that there is a muscle injury and we might lose him for a few weeks again,” said Arteta.

“With Gabi I cannot give you any timeframes because he always surprises us, but there is something there. He felt it in a really awkward and it’s true that he had quite a lot of load in the last few weeks with the national team, and then playing those games, which he hasn’t done in a long, long time.

“That’s really bad news for us.”