London, Nov 9: Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has blamed the loss of confidence behind Alexis Sanchez's poor form at Manchester United.
The Chilean spent four years at Arsenal with Wenger and the French man made him one of the fiercest attacker in the Premier League. He helped the club winning two FA Cup titles but due to some contractual mismatch completed a controversial move to Old Trafford last winter in an exchange deal with Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
However, the hyped move has not lived up to the potential at all because ever since his arrival at Manchester, the player has only managed to score four goals in 26 appearances and even lost his starting spot this term.
Sanchez has only one goal and assist in the Premier League and UEFA Champions League this season and only got two consecutive starts in the last two games. He, however, failed to get into the scoresheet in any of the games.
The downturn of the Chilean has surprised everyone as many questioned Sanchez's compatibility in Mourinho's system while some claimed that, the 30-year-old has started to decline. But his former manager, Wenger now has chosen to give his take on why the Chilean has not enjoyed the best of starts at Old Trafford and the 69-year-old has claimed it is the loss of confidence which is only affecting the player.
"I believe he has lost confidence."
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) November 7, 2018
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