It has come to something when Thomas Partey lands back in London from the African Cup of Nations at midday, is brought off the bench during an Arsenal semi-final eight hours later, gets sent off for two bookable offences in four minutes and neither of the cautions are the most newsworthy yellow card in the club's day.
The FA are investigating suspicious betting patterns around another booking handed out to an Arsenal player earlier this season so we can add that to the banishing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and the controversy over the postponement of the north London Derby to their problems. 
It is little wonder that the phrase ‘So Arsenal' was trending on Twitter on Friday. 









Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke (right) now needs to back the progress Mikel Arteta has made





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Thomas Partey (left) was sent off as Arsenal exited the Carabao Cup at the hands of Liverpool






Gunners boss Mikel Arteta is building for the future but the full extend of progress is unclear






The football world is in mourning following the death of former Liverpool chief Peter Robinson

He and Shankly, who was missing football terribly, would sit on deckchairs on the promenade opposite the Norbreck Castle Hotel, looking out to sea and talking about old times.
When a storm came in, Robinson would pack up and move inside but Shankly would stay where he was in his deckchair, refusing to yield to the rain and the gale, like King Lear on the heath under wrathful skies.


 




Nike did Emma Raducanu no favours
The obstacles being placed in the path of Emma Raducanu were made even more evident when Nike chose to pile the pressure on her by releasing an advert ahead of the Australian Open, which showed her 'hitting back at her critics'.




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