Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacin farko na Sánchez don Barcelona ya kasance cikin rauni na ɗan gajeren lokaci. Ya fara bugawa a ranar 14 ga Agusta 2011 a kan abokan hamayyarsa Real Madrid a wasan farko na Supercopa de España na 2011, yana fama da raunin cinya bayan kalubalen da Marcelo ya yi. Barcelona ta ci wasan 5 zuwa 4 a duka. Ya dawo makonni biyu bayan haka a matsayin mai maye gurbin a gasar 2011 UEFA Super Cup.
, wanda Barca ta ci 2<unk>0. Daga nan Sánchez ya fara wasan farko na La Liga, a gida da Villarreal, kuma ya zira kwallaye na farko a wasan da suka ci 5-0. Mako guda bayan haka, a ranar 10 ga Satumba, an dakatar da shi bayan minti 30 bayan kalubalen da Dani Estrada ya yi a wasan league na gida da Real Sociedad. Sánchez ya dawo a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba a wasan waje da Viktoria Plzeň. A ranar 10 ga Disamba, ya zira kwallaye na Barça a kan Real Madrid a wasan da suka ci nasara 3-1 a filin wasa na Santiago Bernabéu. A ranar 14 ga Fabrairun 2012, Sánchez ya zira kwallaye na farko da na biyu na gasar zakarun Turai a rayuwarsa a nasarar da Barcelona ta samu a kan Bayer Leverkusen.