The former Blues goalkeeper received adulation from both sides on his way to silverware at Wembley but both London teams have issues to address with the new season looming

The new season has brought with it fresh optimism for Arsene Wenger. His Arsenal side produced a dynamic and disciplined performance at Wembley to earn their manager a first victory over Jose Mourinho in 14 attempts as well as, of course, edging out the reigning Premier League champions. Arsenal were slicker and sharper all over the pitch than their London rivals, who only arrived back from a pre-season tour of the USA on Wednesday and went through their first training session at Cobham on the following day. Yet despite a lack of peak Premier League quality, Sunday's events yielded plenty to ponder for both sides. Goal takes a look at five of the biggest talking points... WALCOTT VERSUS GIROUD (AND BENZEMA?) While much of the reaction to the team news announcements at Wembley centred around the "discomfort" in Diego Costa's hamstring, Wenger also sprung a surprise up front. Theo Walcott, buoyed by the recent signing of a new contract that reportedly puts him on par with Arsenal's highest earners, was given the nod in a central role over Olivier Giroud, scorer of 14 Premier League goals last season. This is the kind of opportunity for which Walcott has been dying and, after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain brilliantly fired the Gunners into the lead in the 24th minute, it seemed like a stage set up for him to shine. Chelsea were forced to move away from their deep defensive line and press for an equaliser, necessarily leaving space for Wenger's jet-heeled attacking unit to punish them on the transition. But while others forced Thibaut Courtois to show exactly why he has usurped Petr Cech at Stamford Bridge, Walcott's only effort of note was a glancing header with which the Belgian dealt relatively comfortably. More menace than he produced in 66 minutes will be required if Giroud - who achieved little more against a tiring and stretched Chelsea defence late on - is to be consigned to the substitute's bench permanently.

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