Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez involved in dressing room fight with team mate

Alexis Sanchez had to be separated from a teammate in a dressing-room brawl, according to reports in Chile.

The Arsenal star played in Chile’s underwhelming 1-0 friendly win over El Salvador, but clashed with midfielder Marcelo Diaz after taking a free kick off him in the first half.

Diaz, of Hamburg, is La Roja’s designated set-piece taker but Sanchez demanded that he were the one to strike a 43rd-minute free kick.

A witness told Chilean newspaper El Mercurio that the two nearly ended in fisticuffs and that captain Gary Medel was among those forced to intervene.

“Other teammates had to get between them so that they didn’t come to blows.

 “Sanchez squared up to Diaz, shouting at him for not giving him the ball.

“[Diaz] shouted back; he told him to let everyone else play and not be so greedy. Furthermore, he chastised Alexis for missing a training session.”

When questioned on the confrontation in a press conference on Monday, the Arsenal man admitted there had been a coming together but played it down.

“We’re all good,” he said. “It was an exchange of opinions, like [the media] loves, it’s normal.

“Everything’s sorted, there’s no fight and we are all calm, they’re things that happen in a match.”