Thomas Partey was not part of the Atletico Madrid contingent that travelled to the Anoeta to face Real Sociedad in La Liga on Saturday evening.
The 26-year old midfielder came off the bench to score the winning goal in Atleti’s 3-2 victory at home to Eibar last time out.
He was totally left out of the team this time, and the Spanish capital club had no answers to their hosts who scored twice in the space of three minutes in the second half through Real Madrid loanee, Martin Odegaard, and former Arsenal left-back, Nacho Monreal.