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Arsenal line up v Chelsea: Wenger makes several changes, Ozil out, Sanchez on bench
MESUT OZIL has been left out of the Arsenal squad to face Chelsea with injury.
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The German was not pictured in training with his team-mates yesterday and he misses out today with a knee problem.
Alexis Sanchez, who started and scored against Cologne on Thursday, is named on the bench.
In total Arsene Wenger has made eight changes to the team which won 3-1 in the Europa League.
Petr Cech, Laurent Koscielny, Shkodran Mustafi, Sead Kolasinac, Granit Xhaka, Aaron Ramsey, Danny Welbeck and Alex Lacazette all return to the starting XI.
Here's how we line up for #CFCvAFC... pic.twitter.com/nBeVhBOTjR
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) September 17, 2017
Mesut Ozil is absent for Arsenal
Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Koscielny, Mustafi, Monreal, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Ramsey, Iwobi, Welbeck, Lacazette.
Subs: Ospina, Mertesacker, Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Alexis, Walcott, Giroud.
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