Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez hits out at Uruguay players after Chile suffer 3-0 defeat

Hot-tempered: Alexis Sanchez was booked in Chile's 3-0 defeat
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Tom Dutton18 November 2015

Alexis Sanchez reignited Chile's football feud with Uruguay after the Copa America champions suffered a 3-0 defeat to their continental rivals on Tuesday.

In a typically bad tempered encounter, four players from each side saw yellow and Chilean Jorge Valdivia was sent off after the final whistle, apparently for words said to Colombian referee Wilmar Roldan.

It comes after June's fiery Copa America tie between the two nations, in which Edinson Cavani and Jorge Fucile saw red as Chile progressed to the semi-finals en route to winning the trophy.

And after Tuesday's defeat, Chile's first since winning the Copa in July, Arsenal striker Sanchez took to Instagram to congratulate the Uruguayans.

But the Arsenal man also criticised the hosts as he delivered his backhanded plaudits.

"You need to know how to win and how to lose and I speak when I win and when I lose," Sanchez wrote.

"But what annoys me about past and present and other Uruguayan players ... is that they speak without acknowledging that they've lost.

"Today we lost and I congratulate them ... it's goodbye from the champions of the Americas."

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