Alexis Sanchez trolls Arsenal with hilarious poster after scoring for Man Utd to KO former club in FA Cup
Chilean striker returned to the Red Devils' starting line-up and opened the scoring in their 3-1 FA Cup win over the Gunners at the Emirates on Friday
ALEXIS SANCHEZ has told the world "I am back" — in a hilarious mocked-up film poster to troll Arsenal fans.
The Chilean striker trolled his former club by posting a parody of the I Am Legend film poster on his Instagram account after he scored in Manchester United’s FA Cup win over the Gunners.
The spoof poster shows Sanchez between his two dogs Atom and Humber, carrying a rifle and captioned: “He came back to play the piano. They faced the music.”
This is a reference to a video released by the Red Devils when the player signed for the club, in which he was pictured tinkling the ivories in his United kit.
The poster changes the film’s original title to ‘I Am Back’, lists the rest of the United side from the cup victory as Sanchez’s ‘co-stars’, and the date of the 3-1 win - 25.01.19.
The 30-year-old made only his second start for United under caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the match at the Emirates.
He latched onto a pass from Romelu Lukaku to round Petr Cech and open the scoring against his old club after 31 minutes.
That was Sanchez’s first goal since he scored against Newcastle way back in October – and would have come as a great relief to the player after his return from a niggling hamstring injury.
After the match, Solskjaer was quick to praise his returning goalscorer.
The manager said: “(Sanchez) has been fantastic since I came. His work rate in training has been brilliant.
“Unfortunately, he has had the injuries, but I think [Friday] is a big, big step forward for him.”
Sanchez spent four years at Arsenal , scoring 80 times in 166 appearances, before moving to Old Trafford in a swap deal with Henrikh Mkhitaryan in January 2018.