Favre has carried each of Hertha Berlin , Gladbach and Nice to European finishes over the last decade — teams not necessarily expected to scale such heights — and BVB will be hopeful he has some Yellow and Black magic dust to sprinkle on Die Schwarzgelben.

How will Favre, a renowned tactical perfectionist, go about setting up his Dortmund side? The biggest common denominator, a free-scoring Mario Balotelli aside?

A formation. When Favre experimented with three at the back or a packed midfield, the goals — and points — simply failed to roll in in quite the same way.

When the latter stayed, Favre put them both in his midfield. The pair could each anchor the team or get involved in attacks, but it was left predominantly to Pierre Lees-Melou to break into the opposition box with late runs which are strikingly similar to Bayern Munich 's recent acquisition from Schalke , Leon Goretzka.

Favre could even pair up his right-footers one week, left-footers the next. Tired legs on their part could see Marius Wolf and Jadon Sancho playing in tandem instead.

Wolf would fancy his chances of building on a team-high nine assists and five goals at Eintracht Frankfurt last season if allowed to cut inside from the wing, adrift of opposition defenders, the way Plea did last term from the opposite flank.

Who could they possibly turn to? Well, a World Cup-winning assist king may be the place to start that search.

That assist king, of course, goes by the name of Mesut Ozil: the man who has turned provider on 77 occasions throughout his Arsenal career; the man who has so often held the precious key to the unlocking of stubborn backlines.

And, yes, perhaps his prime is not much more than a memory these days, but, how can Arsenal be so sure of that case if they fail to even give him a chance?

They need a man to turn instant provider, yet, they persist with leaving Ozil out in the cold, instead turning to the side to side passing range of Mohamed Elneny or the slow, often lethargical Willian.

They have nothing to lose by at least handing Ozil the chance, yet, everything to gain should he return with that key glint of gold in those previously magic boots.

That tint of gold can provide the glimmer to an Arsenal side in desperate need of it; it would see the back of the net bulge via Aubameyang goals once more as he feasts on some form of service having been so far starved of it this campaign.

But, even with an FA Cup and Community Shield medal hanging on his mantelpiece, he is still making the biggest error yet of his Arsenal tenure by utilising his most prolific goalscorer on the wing.

Aubameyang has taken to the position in an opposite way in which a duck takes to water. It has looked unnatural because it is. The former Dortmund man is as natural a goalscorer as they come, not a creative winger, made to chase loose balls.

He has built a reputation of a clinical nature in front of goal throughout his illustrious career; using his pace to make runs in behind, often picked out by those creative around him.

And perhaps there lies the problem once again. Before, Aubameyang has always been accompanied by a provider, whether it be Marco Reus or, in fact, Mesut Ozil.

This season, however, service has been a rarity. Then, and only then, could we see the creative juices and a solution begin to flow for Arsenal and Mikel Arteta at the Emirates.

Until then, however, they will continue to risk the loss of their European place altogether.

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