Arsene Wenger concedes Alexis Sanchez’s future at Arsenal stays indeterminate even after the Chilean scored twice to help beat Crystal Palace 3-2 in the English Premier League on Thursday. Sanchez has for quite some time been important to alliance pioneer Manchester City, and his residency at Arsenal is set to go under recharged hypothesis in front of the approaching January exchange window.
“Nobody knows what will happen. It’s difficult to speculate,” Arsenal manager Wenger said.
“We are focused on short-term, that means the next game with the players committed and ready to fight. It’s not a guarantee of how long you stay somewhere. As long as you are somewhere, you give your best.
“They are questioned, always, when people don’t have long contracts. The best way to show they are committed is to give that kind of performance.”
Sanchez’s twofold made it a simple looking night for Arsenal after Palace’s Andros Townsend at first counteracted Shkodran Mustafi’s opener.
The Gunners stayed 6th and one point behind fourth-set Liverpool. Precious stone Palace had been undefeated in its last eight amusements and, however it next hosts City on Sunday, it again showed it can get by frequently opposing Arsenal. Castle stayed one point off the drop zone.
Munititions stockpile was missing the goal first when Alexandre Lacazette’s shot constrained goalkeeper Julian Speroni into a spare that achieved just the unmarked Mustafi, who tapped in easily.
The equalizer started on the left wing four minutes into the second half; Wilfried Zaha utilized his footwork to cross towards Townsend, who under little weight completed first-time into the base left corner past the jumping Petr Cech.
Munititions stockpile expected time to recuperate from the difficulty, and it was simply after a dormant freedom from Christian Benteke after the hour stamp that the Gunners were talented the possibility they required. At the point when Benteke indifferently cleared a corner to Calum Chambers, the protector returned ownership to the Palace box and looked as Lacazette and Sanchez consolidated to make space for the last to strike into the base left corner.
In spite of driving, Arsenal’s shape this season implied just another objective would influence triumph to look likely, and its fans needed to hold up just four more minutes.
With a splendid chipped-go from inside his own half, Jack Wilshere – frequently fringe this season – sent Sanchez into space in the Palace territory and, after he stunningly controlled, the Chilean routinely jabbed past Speroni.
Gem Palace’s weight and clear desire created an objective in the 89th moment when, after a corner, Townsend crossed to James Tomkins who, under too little weight at the back post, headed in. It made for a brazen complete and Arsenal held tight.
