Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 in the
Community Shield on Sunday,
securing the first trophy of the new
English season and
setting the stage for the start of the
Premier League next
weekend. Here AFP Sport looks as five
key discoveries from
the Wembley clash.


1. Cech pays early dividends
After enduring years of costly calamities
from his
goalkeepers, Arsenal manager Arsene
Wenger hopes his £10
million pre-season swoop for Petr Cech
will finally bring some
much-needed stability between the posts
and the early signs
look promising.
His assured presence radiated confidence
to an often
nervous Arsenal back-four and when the
33-year-old was
finally called into action in the 69th
minute he leapt to his
right to make his only significant save as
he clawed away a
goalbound Oscar free-kick.
With Chelsea bombarding the penalty
area with crosses in the
closing stages, Cech never flinched and
even when he
couldn’t claim cleanly his defenders had
been organised well
enough by the Czech to ensure no
damage was done.


2. Wenger ends Mourinho mastery
Wenger’s failure to secure a single
victory over Jose
Mourinho in their previous 13 meetings
was becoming yet
another weapon for the Chelsea boss to
use whenever he
wanted to antagonise his old rival.
Against that painful backdrop, denying
Mourinho the chance
to land another psychological blow made
this an especially
sweet success for Wenger, although he
would surely swap it
for a win when the teams next clash in
the Premier League
on September 19.
But even more than the victory itself,
Wenger will take heart
from the way his fired-up players
showed they have no
reason to feel inferior to the champions,
producing the kind
of aggressive yet composed display that
suggested they
should make a serious challenge for a
first English title since
2004.


3. Jury still out on Falcao
Brought on at half-time for the
ineffective Loic Remy,
Chelsea’s new striker Radamel Falcao
couldn’t dispel the
memories of his lacklustre loan spell at
Manchester United
last season.
That distinctly underwhelming year at
Old Trafford wasn’t
enough to dissuade Mourinho from
taking the Colombian to
Stamford Bridge on loan from Monaco as
back-up for Diego
Costa, who was absent at Wembley after
suffering yet
another recurrence of his nagging
hamstring problem.
But, while it’s too early to make a
definitive judgement,
Mourinho might have been a little
concerned to see Falcao,
no longer the incisive finisher or smooth
mover of old,
labouring in vain to make any
impression against the
Gunners.
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