Arsenal can challenge for EPL title, says Chelsea’s Cahill

It was Arsene Wenger’s first win over Jose Mourinho and though the Community Shield is treated as more or less a friendly, the Gunners were pleased to put down an early marker for the upcoming Premier League campaign.

He said the Chelsea boss threw his medal box up at him after losing 1-0 at Wembley on Sunday. “As a group of players we’ve been together for a good number of years, so there’s a real team spirit and sense of togetherness”.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech, who made almost 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.

Obviously I’d love to see us sign Benzema as I think with him up front, we’d have an excellent chance of going all the way in the title race this season and it’s going to be interesting to see how this all plays out over the coming weeks.

Why will it be harder this season as against last term for Chelsea?

While the Community Shield will be an afterthought by the time the major prizes are handed out in May, Terry is such a driven character that the sight of Arsenal’s players lifting the silverware has added fuel to his competitive fire.

Without their big enforcer at his best in midfield City won’t have a chance of success when they come up against their rivals for the title. In this meeting it was outlined that poor behavior and squabbling from club managers and assistants in the technical area will no longer be tolerated and huge fines along with stadium bans may also be sanctioned.

And while Mourinho is unable to give any guarantees over Costa’s fitness, the Chelsea boss is unwilling to use the absence of his main striker as justification for an inability to claim back-to-back league titles. Out of respect for my club, respect for football, I never refused a handshake with a manager in a football stadium.

And the 34-year-old says his team-mates are equally chastened by Mourinho’s first defeat in 14 games against Areenal manager Arsene Wenger and will take out their frustrations on Swansea in their Premier League opener.

Loic Remy and Ramires, two players who are sure to play an important bench role for the club this season would get the opportunity to start.

“I had this nice internal discussion with my people”.

“He just wants to win, it was obvious he felt he didn’t want it any more”. Chelsea is still pursuing John Stones but Everton is unwilling to part with the 21-year-old Englishman in the final month of the transfer window.