LONDON (AP) " Arsenal striker Alexis Sanchez posted a cryptic comment online Monday following reports he was dropped from the starting lineup after training ground spat, invoking a century-old saying about a warrior. But after publicly shaking hands on the training field on Monday and dismissing suggestions of a rift, Wenger did say the Chilean's behavior can be "excessive." The reports of splits in the camp come with Arsenal in trouble on the field. "The true warrior fights not because he hates the ones in front of him, but because he loves those behind him," Sanchez wrote , slightly adjusting Chesterton's original wording. Wenger described the reports about the training squabble involving the former Barcelona player as "completely false."

Source: New Zealand Herald March 06, 2017 13:52 UTC