The Tasmanian Devil of the Chilean variety. A goal-scoring machine. Beast mode. Take your pick or add some more monikers for Alexis Sanchez because many people would love to know what source of power he is currently running on.
Ever since his move to London from Barcelona, the player who chose to have his first name at the back of his jersey like many of his South American counterparts has blitzed into the hearts of Gooners worldwide. Maybe we love him all the more because he is about the only consistent player in the team at the moment. This is not to say that his obvious quality would not have been appreciated otherwise, but you have to admit that he sticks out like a tireless ball of energy in a team which has always been its own worst enemy.
Despite playing in the Serie A (Udinese) and La Liga (Barcelona) prior to his move to Arsenal and even with an impressive display for his country at the summer’s World Cup, Alexis was expected to need time to adapt to what is argued to be one of the toughest leagues in the world. But as is evident to even a football novice, he has hit the ground running with 8 goals and 2 assists in 10 PL appearances and 2 goals and 1 assist in 4 CL appearances. (All stats from Squawka) The only worry now is him being struck down by the injury gods – *knocks on wood* – or him burning himself out – he will have been reminded by his coach and teammates about the lack of a winter break in England. Theo Walcott recently said that he felt that his Chilean teammate worked “too hard” –
“In training he doesn’t even want to do recovery days … All the guys have told him he needs to chill out because, at Christmas when all the fixtures come along, it’s going to catch up with you. He doesn’t care, he just wants to play and win. He’s a good leader, and something that we haven’t had in the Arsenal team before. He’s a dream to play with.”