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Arsenal defeats Chelsea 1-0 to win Community Shield 2015
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August 4, 2015
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On Sunday, London-based football club Arsenal, winners of the 2015 FA
Cup, defeated 2015 Premier League Champions Chelsea 1 -- 0 in the 2015
Community Shield trophy which was played in the Wembley Stadium.
The match saw only two yellow cards, to one player from each club in the
second half. Arsenal had fewer shots, but more shots on target. A total
of 23 fouls were committed.
It took fourteen attempts for The Gunners to win a game over the city
rivals. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored the only goal of the match, for
Arsenal in the 24th minute. Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut
Courtois could not save this left-footed shot in the top corner which
gave Arsenal a lead. In the 80th minute, Chelsea won a free
kick. Eden Hazard's kick was denied by ex-Chelsea Petr Čech, who
recently signed for Arsenal and this was his debut for Arsenal.
This was Arsène Wenger's first victory over the Portuguese Chelsea
manager José Mourinho. Wenger did not even shake hands with Mourinho
after the victory. This is back-to-back Community Shields for Arsenal.
They defeated Manchester City in the previous final.
"We were the best team", said Mourinho in remarks to BT Sport. "We had
more initiative, we controlled the game by having ball possession.
Arsenal defended with 10 players, they put everybody in front of their
own line and they had good organisation, congratulations to them."
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| stadium=Wembley Stadium, London
| attendance= 85,437
| referee=Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
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== Sources ==
* http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3182844/Arsenal-vs-Chelsea-FA-Community-Shield-2015-LIVE-football-score-London-rivals-kick-new-season-Wembley.html
* http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33667216
* http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/11769945/Arsenal-1-0-Chelsea-Community-Shield-2015-as-it-happened.html
* http://www.thefa.com/news/competitions/fa-community-shield/2015/aug/chelsea-v-arsenal-fa-community-shield-match-report
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