The Chilean has been backed to inspire the Gunners by his former national team coach despite cutting an increasingly frustrated figure at the Emirates
Alexis Sanchez possesses the ability to turn Arsenal's season around, according to his former Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli.
The Gunners have lost five of their last eight games - with non-League Sutton United and Lincoln City opponents for two of their three wins - to see another Premier League tilt fade as well as their Champions League campaign ended in a 10-2 annihilation at the hands of Bayern Munich.
Sanchez is thought to be restless with the Gunners lack of success and reportedly fell out with team-mates before he was dropped for a 3-1 defeat at Liverpool.