Sanchez bust-up reports ‘completely false’ – Wenger

“I am strong enough and lucid enough to analyse the impact”.

It was too late to spark an Arsenal fightback, however, with the Gunners losing 3-1 as they crashed out of the top four following a third defeat in their last four league games.

Others thought it was a lie.

The drop came after he reportedly had a bust-up with his teammate in training although Wenger has denied the reports.

The 28-year-old stormed out of a training session halfway through after a disagreement with team-mates escalated to a full-blown shouting match. “All the rest, his attitude – he’s a committed player and sometimes has excessive behaviours”.

Arsene Wenger discusses his decision to bench Alexis Sanchez, as well as what Arsenal’s next step is for the season.

“Honest and normal like with every single player”.

Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum is confident the players can handle the pressure of having to deliver in their remaining 11 matches to secure Champions League football next season.

While everything seems good between Sanchez and Wenger at the moment, the forward is still expected to leave Arsenal in the summer with the likes of Juventus and PSG keen to sign him.

Liverpool produced a dominant first-half performance to take command with goals from Firmino and Mane but Arsene Wenger got his team selection wrong by leaving Alexis Sanchez on the bench. And when you don’t win the games it is not always down to real stories. The row caused Wenger to drop him, the newspaper said. He also missed a good chance to get the victor after a awful mis-kick, which summed up his season. You just don’t leave your best, world-class player out in major, must-not-lose games. He showed great vision by playing a ball through for Welbeck, who chipped over advancing goalkeeper Simon Mignolet.

BT Sport is the only place to watch all four major football competitions in one place, with exclusively live coverage of the Premier League, Uefa Champions League, Uefa Europa League and Emirates FA Cup. “We did it with Sanchez in the line-up but when Giroud was on the pitch it was a completely different game”.