Arsenal legend Ian Wright says Thomas Partey’s progressive passing from midfield makes him a game-changer for the Gunners.
Partey put up an incredible performance as Mikel Arteta's side beat Southampton 3-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday and moved up to eighth in the standings.
The 28-year-old has struggled with injuries since joining Arsenal at the start of the season but has started the last two Premier League games.
Wright believes Partey's progressive passing brings out the best from the creative players in the team and the team have started to create more chances to score goals.
"He is a game-changer simply because of the way he plays in midfield," the Arsenal legend said on Premier League TV.
"He is somebody who does not pass the ball sideways, he wants to pass the ball forward and that gets everybody forward.
He added, "If you have got people like Emile Smith Rowe and [Bukayo] Saka in the area where they can pick up the ball and then they can both progress and run with it."
"All of a sudden you have got their defenders running backwards and you have got people starting to make runs and create, which we weren’t doing a few weeks back."