Alexis Sanchez sends message to Arsenal after beating Real Madrid in Champions League

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Alexis Sanchez shared a heartfelt message with Arsenal after their recent Champions League triumph over Real Madrid.

Mikel Arteta’s men held off the challenge of a trademark Champions League comeback from Madrid, claiming a 2-1 win at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday evening.

That result booked Arsenal a place in the Champions League semi-finals, where they’ll face Paris Saint-Germain, who had knocked out Aston Villa a day earlier.

Sanchez, despite still being a divisive figure among Arsenal fans due to his 2018 move to Manchester United, showed affection for his old club following their win over the reigning Champions League title holders.

Now 36 and playing for Italian side Udinese, Sanchez expressed his admiration for Arsenal after their big night in Madrid.

Through a post on Instagram, he shared a photo of himself celebrating in an Arsenal jersey with the caption: *‘In football there are loves that you never forget.’* He also included Arsenal’s anthem *‘North London Forever’* with the image.

Back in 2020, Sanchez reflected on leaving Arsenal for Manchester United and admitted that he had regrets after just his first training session.

*‘I accepted the opportunity to go to United, it felt tempting and it was something good for me, I liked this club a lot when I was a kid,’* Sanchez explained.

*‘Eventually I signed but I didn’t ask for information on what was happening inside the club.*

*Sometimes there are things that you don’t realise until you get there, and I remember the first training session I had, I realised a lot of things.*

*They laughed, I told them there’s something that doesn’t sit right, it doesn’t seem good.*

*But I already signed, I was already there. After the first few months I carried on having the same feeling, we weren’t united as a team in that moment.’*

In 2023, Sanchez reportedly tried to return to Arsenal as a free agent after leaving Marseille, but Arteta declined to pursue the deal, informing the forward’s representatives he wasn’t interested.

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