Thierry Henry criticises Arsene Wenger’s ‘mishandling’ of Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez

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Alexis Sanchez (right) hobbles off with a hamstring injury

THIERRY HENRY believes Arsene Wenger was wrong to pick Alexis Sanchez after his gamble backfired.

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The Chilean played the full 90 minutes of Arsenal’s 3-0 Champions League win against Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday.

Wenger had admitted prior to the game that Sanchez had a hamstring problem.

And Henry thinks Wenger’s decision to start Sanchez was not vindicated.

“Yes, it was difficult to rest him today because you want to win, but I go back to the Zagreb game. With 20 minutes to go at 3-0, you can give him a little rest," Henry told Sky Sports. 

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"Obviously I would like to think the 14 hours travelling, playing away with Chile for the World Cup in South America, doesn't help.

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Thierry Henry reckons Alexis Sanchez should have been rested

"Now we can all say the same thing. If he played today and he scored he would have said, 'I was right to play him', but he got an injury so we are obviously going to say he should have rested him."

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