ARSENAL AND CHILE star Alexis Sanchez has been accused of being “mentally weak” by Uruguay’s Jorge Fucile.

The defender’s late tackle on Sanchez during his nation’s Copa America quarter-final defeat to Chile saw him sent off for a second bookable offence.

Edinson Cavani also saw red after lashing out at Gonzalo Jara in a separate incident, but Fucile is still angered by Sanchez’s behaviour during the game.

He said: “I touched the ball first, any other forward would have jumped in that moment… It seems that this guy is mentally weak.

“I was running and I couldn’t stop myself, so I kicked him. When the match was 0-0, this guy was missing in action.

“We talked during the match, but what happens on the pitch, stays on the pitch. I don’t know what you call this kind of person. I can only say that his legs were shaking…”

“The worst part was in a moment when he was near my sector and he said: ‘Mr Ref, he’s kicking me, he’s kicking me’. The official responded him: ‘You are doing your work, they’re doing theirs.’”

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