Steven Gerrard has claimed the Arsenal dressing room was "toxic" before Alexis Sanchez left the club.

The Chilean forward left for Manchester United last month in a move that saw Henrikh Mkhitaryan join the Gunners

And Liverpool legend believes the atmosphere at the club was down to the Chilean.
Alexis Sanchez was unhappy at Arsenal (
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But now he's revelling at Man United (
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Man Utd via Getty)

"It seemed from the outside it was toxic in the changing room. Sanchez going creates a clean slate," Gerrard said on BT Sport.

"It's been hanging over the club. The Arsenal fans realise now they have a top quality centre-forward."

That centre forward is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who scored on his debut as Arsenal thrashed Everton 5-1.

Aaron Ramsey bagged a hat-trick while Mkhitaryan set up three of the goals.

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