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However, when Mourinho spoke with Sky Sports in the UK on Tuesday and was asked about their rivals for the title this season, he was hugely complimentary about Arsenal and the other contenders.

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.

“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.

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.

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.

The England forward says Arsene Wenger’s side are also looking to be competitive in the Champions League after disappointing last season. “We have a great team, so we are just excited about what this season can bring for us”.

Jose Mourinho has revealed that he will start behaving himself if other managers do too. In total, stretching back 35 years, the winners of the Charity and Community Shields have gone on to be crowned champions just 10 times. “They are trying to make an impact because they...