Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted that he is tempted to rest Alexis Sanchez during the final weeks of the season.
The Chilean striker was in lethal form at the start of the season, but he has scored just once in 11 games since the turn of the year.
Wenger would like to give Alexis a break, but the Frenchman has claimed that it is difficult to leave him out due to the high volume of important games coming up for the Gunners as they chase a top-four finish in the Premier League.
"He's a bit [fatigued]," Wenger told the club's official website. "Also, because he is in a position where he has scored less, he wants to force his game and then he is more included in physical battles. Maybe goalscoring is on his mind so he wants to do too much and he wants to force his game.
"I'm tempted [to rest him] at some stage, I have been for a long time. It's not that he won't let me, I will decide that! It's just that every game now is so important, you always have a hesitation to do it."
Arsenal are back in action this afternoon when they travel to Newcastle United in the league.
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