article_snippet: The talk ahead of kick-off was that Alexis Sanchez simply does not perform as well when Mesut Ozil is on the pitch.
article_snippet: That’s not to say that every player on the pitch must combine at all times, but Arsenal fans are within Arsenal fans rights to expect £72.5million worth of talent, playing next to each other in an attacking midfield trio, to develop some kind of wavelength.
article_snippet: In the first half Alexis Sanchez, Arsenal’s best player this season by far, could not get into the game on the flank, making way for Mesut Ozil as No 10 since Mesut Ozil comeback from injury.
article_snippet: In October, there were stories in Chile, from newspaper La Tercera, that Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil had fallen out.
article_snippet: Alexis Sanchez felt the German was not giving Alexis Sanchez enough opportunities on the pitch, it was reported.
article_snippet: But perhaps it is not even about the pair of them being on the pitch together so much as Alexis Sanchez being wasted on the left.
highlights_snippet: Alexis Sanchez played on the wing, Mesut Ozil played
highlights_snippet: Alexis Sanchez's best work came when Mesut Ozil was central .
  