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Your support makes all the difference.Thierry Henry has criticised Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger for playing Alexis Sanchez in the 1-1 draw at Norwich, despite the Chile ace having a an existing hamstring problem.
Wenger acknowledged earlier this week that Sanchez had a "hamstring alarm", which he picked up against Dinamo Zagreb last Wednesday, and the 26-year-old was forced off in 59th minute of the game.
Speaking as a pundit for Sky Sports, Arsenal's record scorer said: "I can feel for Arsene, in a way, you're playing for the title, you're coming here, you need to win; obviously if you ask Alexis Sanchez if he's OK he's going to say 'yes'. If not, if the guy says 'no', then he might as well leave the club, you're there to play.
"But I think you almost don't have to ask him anything if you want to rest him. I personally wouldn't have liked that when I was a player but then you take it on the chin and you see the bigger picture because you want to be out there and play for the whole season.
"He plays for Chile, travels 14 hours there and back, he plays every game but even when the game is won sometimes he will still go and put some pressure on teams... I'm not a coach, I don't know how it is with all the pressure of players - I know I was a pain in the neck when you take me out in the game - but I thought at the time, the game was won against Dinamo Zagreb; he scored, he had a good game, he didn't get injured, 20 minutes to go, take him out."
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