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Cesc Fàbregas and Eden Hazard go missing and hand Arsenal initiative
In their final preparation game for the Premier League campaign, Arsenal and Chelsea were still ironing out flaws in their approach – and while Arsène Wenger’s side emerged victorious, the two sides faced similar issues. The headline news concerned the identity of both centre-forwards: Wenger repeated his FA Cup final selection by choosing Theo Walcott rather than Olivier Giroud while José Mourinho was without Diego Costa, so played Loïc Rémy. Consequently, both teams lacked a traditional penalty-box presence but had great pace up front – and therefore needed through balls from midfield. Those rarely arrived, though, partly because of the format of both...
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