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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's early return from international duty was 'NOT pre-planned' as Gunners boss Mikel Arteta refuses to confirm if the forward and Thomas Partey are fit for Arsenal's trip to Liverpool Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang returned to the Emirates early from Gabon duty The Arsenal striker was taken off on a stretcher at the end of Gabon's last match He trained on Wednesday but Mikel Arteta has not confirmed if he will play Thomas Partey skipped international duty with Ghana to work on his fitness

By Dan Matthews For The Daily Mail

Published: 10:26 GMT, 19 November 2021 | Updated: 10:33 GMT, 19 November 2021

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta remained coy on whether key pair Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Thomas Partey will be fit for Saturday’s trip to Liverpool.

Aubameyang missed Gabon’s clash with Egypt on Tuesday, having been carried off on a stretcher earlier in the international break.

He has since returned to training but Arteta would not confirm whether he will make the trip to Anfield as expected.

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‘We have to assess him and see how he is, and make decisions,’ the Gunners boss said on Friday.

‘We have a lot of players, they have been through some different games, issues, little injuries. Today we have to test everybody and see how we are to play tomorrow. Let’s see how everybody is. We have to see them today before assessing and making a judgement on how everybody is.’

Partey, meanwhile, picked up a groin injury ahead of their last Premier