What team should Jose Mourinho pick when Chelsea play Arsenal on Saturday?

Mourinho has decisions to make after fringe players performed in midweek

Friday 18 September 2015 12:32 BST

Cesc Fabregas in action against Crystal Palace (Getty Images)

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Jose Mourinho has some massive decisions to make when Arsenal visit Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

The Blues have suffered an awful, well documented, start to the Premier League season where they have picked up just one win from their first five matches and already find themselves 11 points adrift of rivals Manchester City.

A number of last season's stars have been truly terrible this season with huge problems in both defence, where they have conceded more goals than any other team, and attack, where Diego Costa, Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas have found no form.

Chelsea, albeit against a second-rate Maccabi Tel Aviv team, were much better in midweek, attacking with verve and energy after Mourinho made six changes to the team.

Now the Portuguese must decide whether he sticks with his young guns and fringe players, and hope they deal with a step up in class, or revert back to his established, but desperately out of form stars.

Here, we look at the XI we think Mourinho should pick for the match:

Disagree with our team? Let us know in the comments below

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