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Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez hails Premier League competitiveness over La Liga

Arsenal winger Alexis Sanchez has joined Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho in suggesting the competitive nature of the Premier League means it offers a far greater challenge that Spain's La Liga.

Mourinho claimed earlier this week that Barcelona and Real Madrid would struggle to dominate England's top flight teams in the same manner they do in their domestic championship, as he argued the strength in depth of the Premier League was a step ahead of the Spanish league.

Now Sanchez has echoed those sentiments, as he nears the end of a successful first season at Arsenal following his move from Barcelona last summer.

"When I played for Barcelona, I knew that some home games were going to be easier than some others as the team had plenty of confidence," Sanchez told the Arsenal website.

"That confident mentality helped Barcelona players to win games. However, a confident mentality may not be enough when it comes to the Premier League. Your opponent is going to run and fight endlessly, regardless of your confidence levels.

"Here in the Premier League you can get beaten 3-0 by a team near the bottom of the table. That's not an unusual thing in English football and is also why any prediction ahead of matches can be very deceptive.

"Regardless of how good or bad the team you play against is, you can feel that there's a huge crowd and pressure everywhere you go. I really like that.

"Every team is really strong. For instance, you cannot take for granted any in-game score in this league. Any team can score goals in the last minutes of the game and I like that."

Sanchez looks set to finish his first season at Arsenal as the club's leading scorer in the Premier League, as he is currently two goals ahead of Olivier Giroud after finding the net 16 times in an impressive debut campaign in England.

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