4. He Is A Big Player For The Big Occasions
Manu Fernandez/AP/Press Association ImagesFollowing their FA Cup success back in May, Arsenal will be looking to build on their first trophy win in nine years by challenging for the Premier League title and Champions League from next season. The £30 million acquisition of Sanchez is a statement of intent from manager Arsene Wenger, who will be desperate not to go through another barren run without silverware. Arsenal fans will be glad to know then that Sanchez is a player for the big occasion. Rewind to May 17 this year. Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid. The Spanish title race had gone down right to the final day and the winner of this game would win the league. With the pressure well and truly on, up steps Sanchez with a goal from a seemingly-impossible angle to give Barca the lead, and put them on the brink of glory. Unfortunately for him and the Catalans, Atleti would equalize and win the title, but still one message rang true. Alexis Sanchez is a player for the big occasions - and just when you most need him to deliver, he comes up with the goods. This is a quality that has been all too rare in Arsenal's side over the years, with the Gunners once being described by Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho as
'specialists in failure' - perhaps that accusation cannot be made anymore with Sanchez around.