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.

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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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