Another yellow card, shown to an as yet unnamed player earlier this season, is being investigated by the Football Association. Some £52,000 was wagered on that player to get booked late in a game and it came in.
We all know which Arsenal player we'd stick that bet on but you wouldn't get long odds. You would have to bet your house on it to turn a decent profit.
Anyway, back to Partey. He did not miss a single Arsenal league game while he was away playing for Ghana in Cameroon.
Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke (right) now needs to back manager Mikel Arteta with funds
But now that he is back, his antics against Liverpool in that Carabao Cup semi-final mean he will miss today's Premier League clash with Burnley. As is the custom these days, he released an official apology on Instagram for his actions.
It is little wonder that the phrase 'So Arsenal' was trending on Twitter on Friday. As Mikel Arteta's team finds themselves condemned to another season without a trophy, struggling to make the top four and mocked for ducking last weekend's north London derby, the rest of the football nation is laughing at their expense.
Some Arsenal fans have watched the last week's comic capers with despair and concluded that Arteta should no longer be trusted with the task of trying to restore the club to former glories.
That strand of opinion does not see progress at the Emirates. It points to the same old failings, particularly in lack of discipline, but also in defeat after defeat at the hands of the top clubs.
Arsenal go into Sunday's game against Burnley at the Emirates outside the top four and still — as the tie against Liverpool proved — a level below Jurgen Klopp's team and Manchester City, and perhaps Chelsea too.
Thomas Partey (left) was sent off as Arsenal exited the Carabao Cup at the hands of Liverpool
Arsenal were outclassed by the visiting Reds and will go another term without lifting a trophy
Arteta is now in his third year in charge at the club after taking over from Unai Emery and many had been hoping for more advances. English football is a more impatient place than it has ever been and Thomas Tuchel is already feeling the heat at Chelsea even though he led them to victory in the Champions League final in Porto less than eight months ago.
Arteta has already survived at least one brush with the sack and now the questions have returned. The Liverpool defeat was a blow. There is no sugar-coating that. Yes, it was only the Carabao Cup but it was also Arsenal's last chance of silverware this season and there was a feeling that, with Liverpool weakened by the absences of Mo Salah and Sadio Mane, the tie represented an opportunity to progress to the final.
Arsenal never looked like seizing that opportunity. They were outclassed. Liverpool are still some way ahead of them in the evolutionary process but that is not a reason for anyone at Arsenal to press the panic button. They are starting from a low base but they are a team on the rise. They still have bad days but they are increasingly outweighed by the good ones. They need to stick with it.
That means sticking with Arteta, who is growing into the role all the time. It means not making a change and throwing everything up in the air. Look where that has got Manchester United. They are a mess of players brought for the different styles favoured by different managers.
Their team are less of a whole and more of a collection of desert islands with a few players marooned on each. Arsenal feel different. It feels as if they are more cohesive. And, for all their lapses of discipline, there is an optimism about the players Arsenal have that doesn't exist at Old Trafford or, say, at Tottenham.
