Chelsea play best in a 4-3-3, everyone knows we are stronger like that – Salomon Kalou tells Carlo Ancelotti how side shape up

Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba, Chelsea

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Chelsea forward Salomon Kalou has called upon Carlo Ancelotti to use the club’s more familiar 4-3-3 formation, stating that it is what the side are most comfortable with.

The Italian has opted to use 4-4-2 for much of the campaign, particularly since the signing of Fernando Torres, but the Blues have struggled to maintain their title-winning form of last season.

Speaking following the champions’ 3-1 victory over West Brom, which saw the Ivorian start in a three-man attack alongside Didier Drogba and Florent Malouda, at the Hawthorns on Saturday, he said: “We play our best games in a 4-3-3. Everyone knows that Chelsea is stronger like that.

“We tried other formations and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.