Retaining title will be tougher for Chelsea, feels Mourinho

Jose Mourinho has revealed that he will start behaving himself if other managers do too. In total, stretching back 35 years, the winners of the Charity and Community Shields have gone on to be crowned champions just 10 times. “They are trying to make an impact because they couldn’t get the title”.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech, who made nearly 500 appearances for Chelsea before signing for Arsenal and received a rousing reception from both sets of fans before the game, saved impressively from an Oscar free kick in the 69th minute.

He struck the only goal of the game at Wembley and said the squad are the most confident he had been involved with at the club.

“So everybody will be there”.

“It’s very difficult to win multiple titles”.

“This is where things started for me”.

Mourinho was as statesmanlike as he is ever going to get after the game, saying diplomatically that it wasn’t a problem that Wenger didn’t move in his direction.

Bobby’s dad Shear, 44, was filming players celebrating their victory on the podium when Mourinho gifted the medal to his son.

The pair clashed at Stamford Bridge in October last year and there was a further indication of their frosty relationship at Wembley when, with Mourinho congratulating Arsenal’s players as they returned to the pitch after collecting the trophy, Wenger swerved away from an opportunity to shake hands with the Chelsea manager, who reacted by stalking down the tunnel.

While tougher tests await over the next nine months given Chelsea looked somewhat sluggish following their America tour and were missing main striker Diego Costa through a hamstring injury, Mertesacker is convinced Arsene Wenger’s squad are now ready to mount a sustained challenge for the championship.

“It’s good for confidence”, he said. Arsenal are a fantastic club with great players.

But terry sees it differently and, asked if the result should be taken as an early indication of a switch in the balance of power, the former England defender said: “I don’t think so”. I even think it was almost holy. That’s the responsibility that they must have. Click here for more information.

“But you know, I’m a coach”.