Jose Mourinho reveals Chelsea striker Diego Costa is an injury “concern” ahead

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain would get the first goal of the game, and put Arsenal ahead by doing so.

Terry remained adamant that they were the superior side and refused to dismiss the fixture as a friendly and hoped the defeat would ensure that they were better prepared. “Whether they will, we’ll have to wait and see, but after the result yesterday, they’ll get a lot of belief and confidence out of that”.

It is not as if the London club have been devoid of opportunities to complete the double since, as they have won the Community Shield a further nine times.

“It’s disgusting, it’s not nice [to lose]”, he said. We have a good squad and a good team.

Any potential deal isn’t going to be easy to pull off as Benzema only renewed his contract until 2019 last year but the newspaper claims that while we’ve drawn-up a list of possible alternatives, Wenger will use every resource at his disposal to sign Benzema before moving on to other targets. We go again and prepare ourselves for Swansea.

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

Although Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho delegated Cech mostly to the bench last season in favour of Thibaut Courtois, the Czech worldwide helped Chelsea to win the Premier League and League Cup.

Mourinho felt the better team lost, but was pointed in his praise of Wenger’s approach, saying Arsenal were “a team that leaves their philosophy in the dressing room”. “I came on and gave my all, as per usual. I don’t have a second left back but I have other players that we are working with to, in the future, able to play in that position in case we don’t get cover”.

Mourinho also expressed concern over the fitness of Diego Costa, adding: “He didn’t finish the season and doesn’t start the season, and that doesn’t make me happy”.

“That’s the mentality I was brought up with”.

It was Arsenal’s first goal against Mourinho and Co.in 506 minutes, per Mirror Online. Instead, the Shield outing at Wembley was proof that we struggle to unpick the locks of a solid defence.

And Walcott says competing on that front is a top priority, although they are also keen to impress in the Champions League after suffering a disappointing exit to Monaco last season.

Without question Arsenal have improved since the dog days of last December, when a loss at Stoke City prompted furious fans to verbally abuse Wenger as he boarded a train home, yet they still have to turn tantalising potential into tangible rewards.

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