Partey has reignited his Arsenal career this season, and has arguably been the Gunners’ most impressive and consistent player in the middle of the park in recent weeks. Gary Lineker noticed that the Ghanaian had a key job to perform against Chelsea.

Time and again the Gunners fashioned chances by pressing Chelsea as they played out from the back, with Odegaard central to it. Within the first hour in west London, Arsenal had managed 13 high turnovers. Against Liverpool and Newcastle they mustered just 10 each in the entire match.