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.
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While that deal will be hard to pull off of course, Arsenal fans aren’t as irate as they would’ve been with the current crop having covered themselves in glory on the field.
Swansea City will travel to Stamford Bridge for Saturday’s Premier League opener.
“In my first season we were nearly there, in my second season we did it and in my third season if you are close, you can always do it”. They seem hungrier and quite rightly like the buzz associated from being real contenders. So did we by winning the league. It’s disgusting. It’s not nice.
“Sometimes we lost offensive potential by focusing on our defensive side, but every time we attacked, we had chances”. Their young players are now a year more experienced and with world stars such as Cazorla, Özil, Sanchez to help bring them on even more there really is a wonderful opportunity before the Gunners.
“I believe we defended because maybe it was a bit of a psychological hurdle, Chelsea, in the head of my players”. We got another 90 minutes under our belts – the players are still finding their feet and fitness.
Chelsea Manager José Mourinho says he doesn’t explode with happiness when he beats Arsenal and Arsene Wenger.
Mourinho is one of the best tacticians in the game and it will be interesting to judge his mentality and mood as the Blues look to defend their title. “Scudamore, however, disagrees. “[That is not the case] in the Champions League but it’s slightly different in the Europa League, I think.
For years, Arsenal has been criticized for lacking a backbone in defense, and Cech may finally resolve that complaint if he can repeat the form he had at Chelsea.
“I don’t think he will play for England again, and I don’t think Roy Hodgson will come with that proposal to him“.
“[Losing’s] frightful, whether it’s against my kids or anyone”. That’s the same as the manager on a daily basis. They were more concerned once we were 1-0 up to protect our lead than to play.
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What it also does is take Arsenal’s trophy tally to three already in the past month, following on from trophies being secured in the Barclays Asia Trophy and the Emirates Cup earlier in pre-season.
