James McNicholas: We Need To Look After Alexis Sanchez’s Fitness

By The Editor
on 1st January 2017

Gunnerblog on importance of keeping Alexis Sanchez fit…

James McNicholas, Bleacher Report’s Arsenal correspondent, feels that we have to take care of Alexis Sanchez’s fitness with the Chilean looking weary in recent games.

Alexis hasn’t put in the performances we’ve become accustomed to earlier on this season, perhaps a sign of his fatigue.

The Chilean may feel bionic, but he suffered a huge hamstring injury this time last season due to an accumulation of games without a significant rest period.

We haven’t been able to afford the 28-year-old some time off during the winter break given the severity of the situation we find ourselves in.

“I know Alexis is fit and can keep going even until stoppage time, but we need to look after him,” Gunnerblog says.

“I’m surprised we made three subs and Alexis remained on the field.”

However, with an FA Cup weekend coming up, hopefully, Wenger decides to rest Alexis for 10 days or so have him back to firing on all cylinders.

Check out the video above as Gunnerblog on how important is to keep Alexis Sanchez, as well as his take on how we got on against Palace in our New Year’s Day fixture.