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Manager Arsene Wenger moved to strengthen the squad with the £10million summer addition of veteran goalkeeper Petr Cech, and Arsenal continue to be linked with a big-money bid for Real Madrid’s France worldwide forward Karim Benzema.

They had to travel to Wembley without Alexis Sanchez, Danny Welbeck and David Ospina but Chelsea had injury woes of their own.

An abject Champions League campaign ended last season before the quarterfinals at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain, delaying Mourinho’s bid to become the first manager to win European football’s top prize with three different clubs after successes with Porto and Inter...

Like Wilshere, Sterling, Shaw et al, Oxlade-Chamberlain is another grossly overrated (and overpraised) English player, and I’m glad that he rejected Liverpool.

“That’s obvious”, Mourinho said. We scored the first goal and after that you could see two teams playing well with full concentration, full commitment.

Szczesny, 25, sealed his season-long switch to the Serie A side last month following the arrival of Petr Cech at Arsenal, and the Poland goalkeeper is relishing his opportunity to play for the Giallorossi.

The first London derby of the new season takes place at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, as Arsenal host West Ham.

While the eye-catching Cup final performance showcased Arsenal‘s array of attacking talent, it was the mature way his players defended the lead against the Premier League champions on Sunday that provided most encouragement to Wenger.

Costa was missing here because of the recurring hamstring problems that prematurely ended his involvement last season and if that is going to be a regular issue over the next 10 months Chelsea could be in trouble.

Wenger confirmed midfielder Serge Gnabry, 20, will join fellow Premier League side West Brom on loan.

Arsenal youngster Hector Bellerin has expressed his delight at having ended pre-season on an optimistic note by beating Chelsea to lift the Community Shield on Sunday. It was Wenger’s first win over Mourinho in 14 attempts, per Mirror Online’s John Cross.

Come on I may be biased, but I can not help but think that Arsenal have had the way better form for the whole of 2015, and there is no reason to think that we are going to regress when the season starts properly.

The path on the road to a first Premier League title since 2004 begins at the Emirates Stadium for Arsenal this Sunday as they kick off their campaign by hosting West Ham United.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said he believed his players “were the best team” in their 1-0 Community Shield defeat to Arsenal at Wembley.

The Colombian – signed on loan from Monaco – was brought in by Jose Mourinho following the departure of Didier Drogba this summer and will compete with Diego Costa and Loic Remy for a place up front this season.