Thomas Partey Dedicates Goal Against Bournemouth To Christian Atsu.
Thomas Partey dedicated Arsenal's 3-2 win over Bournemouth to late ex-Ghana international Christian Atsu.
The Arsenal star kicked off the comeback as Arsenal rallied from two goals down to win late Saturday afternoon at the Emirates.
The 29-year-old is seen wearing a shirt underneath his jersey with the inscription rest well Christian Atsu.
Partey gave Arsenal hope five minutes after falling behind 2-0 to Bournemouth's Philip Biling and Marcos Senesi.
Ben White equalized for Arsenal with 20 minutes remaining before Reiss Nelson stole the victory late in extra time.
Black Stars coach Chris Hughton and assistant George Boateng were in attendance at the Emirates to watch Partey and fellow countryman Antoine Semenyo, who started for the Cherries.
Arsenal moved five points clear of Manchester City, who had earlier defeated Newcastle United 2-0.
Partey is expected to travel with the Black Stars to Angola for the AFCON qualifiers later this month.
read also: Christian Atsu's funeral is scheduled for March 17.
Christian Atsu, the late Black Star player, will be laid to rest on March 17, 2023.
According to his family, his funeral will be held on the forecourt of the statehouse.
This was revealed during a one-week celebration at the Adjiringanor Astro Turf in Accra.
Meanwhile, Mustapha Yussif, Minister of Youth and Sports, has assured the government that the late Ghanaian footballer will be given a proper funeral.
"The government has covered the entire cost of the one-week celebration. A state funeral will be held. Because of the late footballer's contribution to Ghanaian football, the government will bear the cost of that as well.
"Aside from that, the manner in which our brother died was heartbreaking, and now is the time for us all to come together to give him a proper funeral."
On February 6, 2023, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Turkey and Syria, killing the footballer.
After an 11-story building collapsed on him and others, Atsu's lifeless body was recovered from the wreckage in Turkey.
His body was brought to Ghana from Turkey on Sunday, February 19, 2023.
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