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Arsenal Vs Chelsea: Combined Starting Eleven

By Josh Sippie

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 08: Petr Cech of Arsenal gestures during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester City and Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on May 8, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 08: Petr Cech of Arsenal gestures during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester City and Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on May 8, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) /
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Arsenal and Chelsea are facing off in what is sure to be another memorable clash. Here is a combined starting XI with the best of the two sides.

Arsenal, Petr Cech
Arsenal (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) /

Arsenal and Chelsea have their rivalry founded on the insolence of Jose Mourinho, but just because he is no longer in the picture doesn’t mean that the rivalry is dead. Any competitor of our Gunners is a hated rival and Chelsea is no exception, even if they have no history to speak of (had to get that in here).

As it stands, Arsenal sits in fourth place (hold the jeers) and Chelsea are in fifth place (you were saying?) but the only thing separating them is one measly goal.

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Obviously both teams have high hopes to be in the title race for the duration of the season, so each clash with a major opponent like this could prove to be crucial points. Not to mention the fact that both teams are in starkly different positions, despite the relatively successful position they are in.

The good guys are back at work under the same watchful eyes they have been under for the past two decades. It is looking more promising than ever and there has to be high hopes that despite all the new arrivals in England, they have a chance to pull off a rare underdog story.

Speaking of new arrivals, Antonio Conte has taken Jose Mourinho’s failure and turned himself into the Italian version of Jurgen Klopp. His energy and passion is driving this team that looked dead to the world under the Special One.

All of that being said, let’s get started with this combined XI. We will start at keeper, as usual.

Keeper: Petr Cech

I hope this makes Chelsea fan’s bitter. They gave up Cech in light of the Belgian Octopus, Thibaut Courtois. But as the golden gloves of Cech will tell, they kept the lesser of the two keepers. Of course, Courtois is younger and has immense talent himself, he is still no Cech.

That’s not saying he will never be. But enough about how wonderful Petr Cech is, let’s get into the defense.