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Arsenal star reminds me of Suarez, says Crooks

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Speaking to BBC Sport on Saturday, former striker Garth Crooks claimed that Alexis Sanchez is like former Liverpool and now Barcelona striker Luis Suarez.

The Chilean attacking player has been utilised through the middle more this season as the main centre-forward with Arsene Wenger’s other options seemingly not doing what he wants right now.

Olivier Giroud has not scored in the Premier League this season whilst summer signing Lucas Perez has also been limited to playing, more often than not, in the EFL Cup.

For Crooks, though, Wenger’s decision to play Sanchez in this slightly different role is paying off: ‘

It has been a masterstroke from Arsene Wenger playing Alexis Sanchez through the centre. He is playing like Luis Suarez a few years ago at Liverpool.’

Suarez scored over thirty goals for Liverpool in 2013/14 as they came close to winning the title before moving on to Barcelona where he has won both La Liga and the Champions League in just over two years.

Sanchez, meanwhile, has scored four Premier League goals this season with the Gunners second in the league on goal difference.

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