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On Sunday, Arsenal were knocked back to reality after they were crushed 0-2 by West Ham.

That would be at odds with manager Rodgers’ philosophy which is built upon incisive, possession-based football but the 29-year-old England worldwide says the players have to adapt to different styles of play.

“It means we start very well the season“, he smiled when this was put to him.

By publicly criticizing his medical staff and removing doctor Eva Carneiro from her match-day role, Mourinho has generated a new wave of damaging headlines for the club.

“The sports director says I said I want out?” As a manager, I have to decide a lot of things.

With Chelsea already down to 10 men after goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois’s red card and the game level at 2-2, he was anxious his team might be vulnerable with only eight outfield players to a Swansea counter for the winning goal.

Added to that was the fact that West Ham had played a load of competitive fixtures while Arsenal had a truncated pre-season and it’s not surprising that one team was ready and the other was not.

FC Barcelona striker Pedro Rodriguez was the hero of the night as Barca won a thrilling European Supercup final 5-4 against Sevilla on Tuesday.

United clinched the game 1-0 courtesy of a Kyle Walker own goal but the lacklustre show prompted critics to question Rooney.

Chelsea’s defence of their Premier League crown begins on Saturday, at home to Swansea City.

De Gea was left out of the matchday squad, Van Gaal saying before the game that the player’s head was not right following the interest from Real Madrid.

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.

“In my first period, my personal relationship (with Abramovich) was very good, (but) professionally we had some interferences and a disagreement with some ideas”, Mourinho told Sky Sports News. Loic Remy, starting because Diego Costa was once again feeling his...

Blanc had stated, “Manchester United and PSG are two big clubs and negotiations can be hard, but we are close to the end”.

Cech later posted a message on Twitter, aiming to put the poor result swiftly behind him.