The Blues boss has been eager to highlight the expenditure of chief competitors such as Arsenal and returned to the theme yesterday when outlining his vision for the new season’s title race. “Whether it’s against my kids or anything, it’s frightful to lose”. That’s the mentality I was brought up in. So you would get an all round feeling that arsenal do have what it takes to go all the way this season. That’s the same as the manager on a daily basis. That’s the attitude he demands on a daily basis. At the same time, it could be a blessing in disguise for us – a wake-up call. “The most important thing is the Swansea game and the three points”.
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Diego Costa was absent on Sunday due to his troublesome hamstring and Terry admitted that Chelsea lacked a cutting edge without last season’s top scorer. Arsenal is a fantastic club with great players.
Meanwhile, Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey says their Wembley success proved they have finally figured out how to defeat their main rivals.
Mourinho was as statesmanlike as he is ever going to get after the game, saying diplomatically that it wasn’t a problem that Wenger didn’t move in his direction.
“When you have that sometimes you want to try too hard”. We had many chances today and the best chances were on our side.
The North Londoners are penetrating into the highly anticipated FA Community Shield clash on the back of morale-boosting performance in their pre-season campaign.
Arsène Wenger has recommended that José Mourinho check the “real statistics” if he wants to scrutinise Arsenal’s transfer policy, citing his record of developing young players and adding that he does not think it worth listening to the Chelsea manager. Radamel Falcao did look sharper than during his Manchester United displays but the jury is still out on his future in the Premier League.
“We’re confident, we have a good squad and still have another game on Wednesday [against Fiorentina], and more time to train before we start”.
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Hector Bellerin has been one of the standout performers in Wenger’s side last season after breaking into the first team following the injury to summer signing Mathieu Debuchy and loan of Carl Jenkinson to West Ham.
