Six months have passed since Alexis Sanchez arrived at Arsenal for £35million and one nagging question remains: what do you think they were smoking over there at the Nou Camp? People are entitled to the occasional mistake — Wojciech Szczesny lost his place for taking a crafty puff on a cigarette, for example — but Barcelona’s is on another level. With every passing week, with every goal and every assist in the colours of Arsenal, the decision to sell the Chilean last summer becomes more absurd. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Sportsmail's big match stats: Arsenal 3-0 Stoke Alexis Sanchez scored twice to help Arsenal to a 3-0 Premier League victory against Stoke on Sunday
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Laurent Koscielny gives Gunners early lead with sixth minute header
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Alexis Sanchez doubles Arsenal's lead after Mathieu Debuchy is forced off with shoulder injury
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Debuchy suffers suspected dislocated shoulder after being pushed into advertising boards by Marko Arnautovic
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Sanchez grabs 18th goal of the season with second half free-kick to give Arsenal 3-0 lead
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Mesut Ozil makes first appearance for three months with 15 minute cameo
‘1-0 to the football team,’ chimed Arsenal supporters as @placeholder was carried off for an X-ray — and it was hard to disagree.
The @placeholder striker was booked for the procedure at the end of last week but didn’t show up, leaving the move in jeopardy.