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Arsene Wenger has hailed the significance of Arsenal’s narrow 1-0 win against Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea in the FA Community Shield.

Arsene Wenger admits Sunday’s Community Shield victory over Chelsea has given his Arsenal side a huge lift heading into the new season.

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...

Furthermore, history isn’t on the Gunners side – just seven out of the 23 winners of the Community Shield have later won the Premier League title.

With just a few hours until the start of the 2015-16 Barclays Premier League season, the world’s most popular league promises to deliver its most entertaining installment since its inception.

“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.

“You want more from him on goalscoring”.

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.

So 12 months on, with optimism once again abounding at the Emirates Stadium following last weekend’s 1-0 win against champions Chelsea in the Community Shield, the anti-climatic aftermath of that victory over City should serve as a cautionary tale.

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.

Arsene Wenger discusses his teams performance in their Community Shield tie against Chelsea, claiming that although his team played defensive at times after scoring the first and only goal of the match, they did not abandon their philosophy.

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