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The major change to Jose Mourinho’s team reflected the need for a positive result, as captain John Terry made way for Gary Cahill to partner Kurt Zouma in the centre of defence, while Branislav Ivanovic and Nemanja Matic also returned to the starting lineup after being rested for the midweek Champions League opener. An injury to Willian left Pedro, Oscar and Hazard to provide the creative outlets behind Costa in the customary 4-2-3-1
Arsene Wenger’s lineup remained unchanged from last weekend’s win against Stoke City. Theo Walcott remained the first choice target man, with any hopes Olivier Giroud had of starting in this key fixture shut down by a poor showing against Dinamo Zagreb the previous Thursday. Petr Cech took up the gloves in opposition colours for the first time at Stamford Bridge and Aaron Ramsey remained on the right-wing as Arsenal also took to the field in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
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