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Chilean fans to march, asking Sanchez to leave Arsenal

Thousands of fans from Chile have organised a march, asking Alexis Sanchez to leave Arsenal due to a lack of support at the Premier League club.

Chilean supporters have used Facebook to promote the protest, which will take place in Santiago on March 1 amid Arsenal's woes.

The event - named 'National March for Alexis Sanchez to leave Arsenal' - already has over 4,000 attendees.

"We, as Chileans are tired to watch one of our biggest stars play on his own to make his team get through," a description of the event said on Facebook.

"We don't want him to play at Real Madrid, nor go back to Barcelona, we don't give a f*** where he plays, we just want him to fight along with 10 other players to get the results.

"He doesn't deserve to be alone."

The Chile international forward missed a penalty but scored at the second attempt to cancel out Arjen Robben's opener, before Bayern piled on four unanswered goals in the second half.

Sanchez - who escaped to Italy following the Bavarian humiliation - tops the Premier League's goalscoring charts with 17 goals, one more than nearest rival Romelu Lukaku after 25 rounds.