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Matthew Holt

Paul Merson makes stark Arsenal and Chelsea attack comparison as Frank Lampard effect falters

Paul Merson has drawn stark comparisons between Chelsea and Arsenal's attacking identities this season.

The Blues are, at present, one of the Premier League's most out-of-form sides, having found the net just six times in their last six outings. Arsenal have found the net 19 times in that very same space of time.

It is worth noting the time Mikel Arteta has been given to shape his team amid their ongoing success this season, but the Blues haven't been without investment, with the club spending upwards of £500million in the most recent transfer windows.

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Frank Lampard has since returned to the club following Graham Potter's recent dismissal just seven months into the job, and couldn't help but watch his side slump to a disappointing 1-0 away defeat at Wolves yesterday afternoon.

Merson has since criticised Chelsea's dwindling form as of late, insisting he sees no identity or even any get-up-and-go from the Blues' forward-thinking players in recent weeks.

''I know Frank said before the game that he has only had a couple of days to work with them, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on this sort of thing, but you look at the players and there is no sort of pattern,'' he told Sky Sports.

''If something happens it just happens and you'll watch Man City play later or Arsenal tomorrow and you see what is going to happen, someone will run inside for the ball like Martinelli or Saka and there is a pattern.

''But at Chelsea, there is nothing there, it is 11 individuals playing football, it is extraordinary. There is no interchange and no one makes a run. At the moment it is worrying times.''

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