Gunners aim at EPL title after toppling Chelsea

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s first half strike was enough to see Arsenal beat Chelsea at Wembley to lift the Community Shield and end their pre-season in flawless fashion. “That why I came to Arsenal“. Last season, the Gunners were one of the most attractive teams in the entire Premier League, but at the end they barely managed to finish at second place, twelve points behind the champions. Now with two FA Cup victories behind them, not to mention the two Community Shield successes, the taste of victory is now becoming much more the norm for the Arsenal players.

Mourinho, 52, led the Blues to their first PL trophy in five years last season, as he now has three PL crowns on his resume with Chelsea but is hungry for more.

“Every side would like to have him but I think the manager has already his team made and probably he is not looking for another striker”. It’s the same with the manager.

Arsenal’s French manager Arsene Wenger gestures during the FA Community Shield football match be …

So could letting Cech go to one of Chelsea’s main title rivals potentially be Jose Mourinho’s biggest error at Stamford Bridge?

Chelsea’s Diego Costa missed the game due to an injured hamstring, per The Independent’s Simon Rice.

While City, United and Liverpool have splashed out vast sums of money to strengthen their resources, the Londoners have merely tinkered with their squad.

Since February last year when Mourinho called Wenger “a specialist in failure”, and the Arsenal boss replying that his Chelsea counterpart was being “disrespectful”, the pair have had tensions mounting.

“But Mourinho protested that the “best team lost” and said that by putting “nine players in front of the box”, Arsenal had “(left) their philosophy in the dressing room”.

Arsenal begin their season on Sunday against West Ham and punters may look to use their free bet to back them to make a winning start to the campaign.

“It was important for us to carry on the good form we are in at the moment”, Ramsey said.

“You can see that on the pitch when we are playing, through the season”. If they can replace Mertesacker they will have a very good chance, because he is a liability with and without the ball.

“We know what we are capable of doing, have a great squad, and are just as excited as well about what this season might hold for us”, he said.