Arsenal Defeat Chelsea To Win Community Shield

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.

The gooners defeated Chelsea by a lone goal today in Wembley.

“We wanted to give our guys a proper holiday with a month off”, he said.

Cech joined Arsenal for £10m from Mourinho’s side in June and although he only had two saves of note to make – from Oscar and Zouma – Wenger believes his very presence was enough to cause hesitancy in the Chelsea players. Chelsea’s best chance of the game fell to Eden Hazard who managed to get a clear chance, only managing to smash the ball over the bar.

Jose Mourinho has defended Radamel Falcao’s low-key start to his Chelsea career and re-iterated that he is unsure whether fellow striker Diego Costa will be fit to face Swansea City on Saturday.

“We abandoned nothing. We defended because maybe it was a psychological hurdle Chelsea had in my players’ heads”, he said.

A fine strike from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was the difference as Arsenal won the first trophy of the season by beating rivals Chelsea 1-0, ending Arsene Wenger’s 13-game winless record against Blues boss Jose Mourinho in the process.

Just 3 days remain for the start of the Premier League season, something that nearly every football fan has been waiting for.

“He was part of the fixtures and fittings at Chelsea so it’s odd that he’s now left, but he’s a good guy, a fantastic goalkeeper, and last season we were blessed to have two of the best goalkeepers in the game”, Cahill said.

That was the moment Mourinho and Wenger’s long-running feud turned physical and the pair did not shake hands after last Sunday’s Community Shield, when the Frenchman claimed a first win over the Portuguese at the 14th attempt.

The Aston Villa lover in me would love to see the club’s great run in last season’s FA Cup repeated, even if it all ended in tears in the end.

Wenger denied he had avoided Mourinho’s hand, telling reporters they were looking for a story that wasn’t there.

“I cannot reassure. The only thing I can reassure is that he is working well and hard and everybody around him is thinking about helping him. I just think it’s vital – I’ve said that many times in managers’ meetings – that managers respect each other“. I don’t want any more comment on that.