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Scott Trotter

Predicted Chelsea starting lineup vs Arsenal as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in contention

Frank Lampard has yet to taste victory since returning to Chelsea as caretaker manager and has yet to pin down his best starting XI. The Blues boss has swapped between systems based upon a back three and back four since returning but been unable to galvanise a performance that has seen success defending and going forwards in the same game.

The Blues boss wants to play free-flowing football but has not felt able to for most of his tenure so far. Arsenal will not present the easiest challenge to achieve in that area.

He said: "I’m not torn but coming in here, the systems have changed a lot, I had been playing 4-3-3 [last time] but I don’t think there’s one answer. Sometimes, even against Madrid, I was criticised for being too defensive. For me, it was the only way to approach the Madrid game and we could have been 1-0 or 2-0 up and the whole tie then looks different.

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