This hasn't been a good season for Chelsea: everybody knows it. Few would have expected a positive result away to Arsenal and such is the nadir surrounding the Blues in this moment, few might have expected a good performance.
Frank Lampard's offering of a 4-3-3 and an attacking option in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang accompanied by a first start for Noni Madueke since February offered a degree of excitement for some, while playing a more attacking formation against the Gunners having set out a defensive stall against Brentford a week ago confused others.
The first 45 minutes showed little in terms of attacking expectation as Ben Chilwell's foray into the box provided their only real opportunity and such was Madueke's isolation, his positive play was in lone drives up the pitch. Instead the Blues mostly appeared to sit back and wait for the inevitable.
