Arsene Wenger has admitted that in-form forward Alexis Sanchez, has entered the “red zone” and is danger of getting injured.
The Chilean has scored nine times in the Premier League for the Gunners, after his 35 million-pound move from Barcelona in the summer, but looked exhausted against Southampton in midweek
“He is in the red zone,” Wenger warned. “You can see that when he plays, but he can dig deep. I think he played his 27th game since the start of the season on Wednesday, if you consider the international games and the travelling on top of that.
“Unfortunately, you never know how far you can push. We are not scientific enough to predict that completely, but he has great recovery potential. He recovers very quickly, and he is always very sharp and ready to play.
“He has a huge desire, no complex and a fighting attitude. Even when he misses something, it doesn’t affect him. I believe as well he is very mobile, very determined and he has the sense to be in the right place in the box.”
The Frenchman also insisted that his team were not reliant on Sanchez’s goal and explained that it has been a collective work.
“On the goal-scoring front you can say he is the dominant figure, but it doesn’t reflect the truth to say Sanchez is the only player,” he said.
“Three games is a good basis, but not enough to say there is momentum there. We have to go to create five, six or seven games to feel completely comfortable on that front, but it is a good period of the season to do it.”
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