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Saturday's 2-0 defeat by Arsenal, one of the top four rivals, pointed out that the Blues needed to reach an agreement with the Argentine striker as soon as possible.
Maurizio Sarri may need more than Gonzalo Higuain to solve Chelsea's problems, but his arrival can not happen soon enough.
In the 2-0 defeat of the Emirates on Saturday, the Italians lost to Arsenal, despite the fact that the Gunners have one of the weakest defenses in the Premier League.
The Unai Emery team had only three white sheets to participate in the latter London derby, but she kept Chelsea at bay with a minimum of complications. Indeed, toothless visitors did not score any shots on goal until the 82nd minute.
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It was despite the fact that they had 44 contacts in the Arsenal area; only against Newcastle in August, they managed more in a Premier League match this season.
The Gunners were as efficient as Chelsea were straightforward and were a sure bet for a win achieved thanks to goals from Alexandre Lacazette and Laurent Koscielny, achieved through the setting up of an extremely intense game as soon as the first minute.
Sarri's training was easy to guess as the Blues boss again chose winger Eden Hazard as a fake, Willian and Pedro being alongside the Belgian.
Unai Emery knew very well what was going to happen and won the tactical battle of the night by asking Aaron Ramsey, recalled, to become the last player to score the match against Jorginho.
Hazard was therefore deprived of service, rendering Chelsea completely helpless in attack.
Of course, Chelsea has accepted a loan agreement with Juventus for Higuain and should be able to carry it out as soon as he has an agreement with Atletico Madrid for Alvaro Morata.
However, they really could have done with Higuain in North London, because his presence would not only have included a proven striker and a natural striker in the Chelsea formation, it would also have allowed chance to play at his favorite position on the pitch . left wing.
Hazard is a good fake nine, but he is a better winger and always seems happier when he is asked to run against the defenders rather than behind them.
Olivier Giroud came off the bench in the second half against Arsenal but the match was already lost at that time.
In addition, the French was only a decisive interlocutor, a useful alternative to turn to while Morata was trying to regain his confidence.
This has never happened, of course, and hope is now that Higuain can respond to Chelsea's problems in front of the goal.
The 31-year-old striker will be under strong pressure to take the lead, as the Arsenal win means that fourth place, Chelsea, now only has three points ahead of the Gunners and the return in force from Manchester United.
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Higuain scored a record 36 Serie A goals for Sarri at the Naples club in 2015-2016 and Tuscan certainly knows how to make the most of this enigmatic Argentinian.
He will certainly have to do it at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea needs goals, and fast, starting with the Carabao Cup semi-final matchup Thursday with Tottenham, with the Blues at 1-0 of the first leg.
However, more importantly, Chelsea's first four hopes are now compromised and Sarri needs Higuain to tackle one of the problems his team is currently facing.
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