Thomas Partey has urged his Arsenal teammates to put the disappointing 1-1 draw at Brighton behind them as they gear up for the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against Newcastle.

The Gunners' Premier League title aspirations took a hit at the Amex Stadium when Joao Pedro's contentious penalty cancelled out Ethan Nwaneri's early goal, ending Arsenal's three-game winning streak and missing the chance to ramp up the pressure on table-toppers Liverpool. Speaking to Arsenal's official website,, Partey revealed the team's feelings.

"We are sad, frustrated, everybody is down but that’s part of football," he said. "We wanted to win, we wanted to keep the momentum going and at the end of the day, we didn’t get it.

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“But it’s also a positive one because we did not lose. We have to try our best and win these games because they’re the most important ones, but it’s not an easy game against a good side and to win here you have to be perfect. We need to forget (about Saturday) and keep on working hard to win our next game.”

Mikel Arteta's squad now face a series of home fixtures starting with Tuesday's clash against Newcastle in the League Cup, followed by a string of key matches including an FA Cup tie with Manchester United, Premier League battles with Tottenham and Aston Villa, and a Champions League encounter with Dinamo Zagreb.

"I’m very excited, we have to prepare well," Partey saidon the upcoming visit from Eddie Howe's side. "We know how difficult it is to play against them, the quality that they have, the players they have, we have to be ready for them.

"It’s going to be amazing; we know how big the supporters are and the big part they play in the games that we play, and we’ll need them for this game."

Midfielder Partey filled in for the suspended Jurrien Timber at right-back on the south coast, while captain Martin Odegaard was only fit enough for a second-half cameo due to illness and top scorer Kai Havertz was again absent because of illness. Manager Arteta was also without Raheem Sterling, Bukayo Saka, Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu before subbing 17-year-old goal scorer Nwaneri at half-time due to a muscular issue.

Despite the current selection issues, the Spaniard will not rush into recruiting reinforcements during the transfer window based on the performance in Sussex. “Obviously we cannot make a decision based on one performance on one day where there are a lot of circumstances – not only the players that were lost, but the sub to take Ethan out, the one with Martin is introduced for very limited time,” he said. “Hopefully on Tuesday we will be in a better position, let’s see.”