Arsenal vs Chelsea live: Latest score and updates from the Community Shield

 
Rivalry renewed: Wenger and Mourinho meet again at Wembley on Sunday
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James Benge3 August 2015

Standard Sport brings you live coverage of the season opener between Arsenal and Chelsea, who do battle for the Community Shield.

The season may kick off with a fixture that counts for nothing more than an early-season trophy, but don't expect this to be a friendly. Few things are when Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho come face-to-face.

And with Wenger still to beat the Chelsea manager in 13 competitive games there is more than one reason to target this fixture as an ideal opportunity to set the tone for the season ahead.

Petr Cech will also appear against Chelsea for the first time and will be eager to remind Mourinho what he let go. With two friendly appearances in Arsenal shirts having led to two trophies so far, will Cech be able to make it three out of three at Wembley today?

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What they said

Mourinho on winning the Community Shield: This is not a statement for the season. Arsenal won it last year and finished third – it doesn’t have an impact. But it’s not a friendly.

Branislav Ivanovic on Cech: For 90 minutes the fans will support us for sure, they will be on our side. Before and after the game, I hope and I'm sure, they will give Petr respect.

Per Mertesacker on Arsenal's Wembley struggles: There's always been that special tension and we could always handle that pressure. Even at 2-0 down, we always managed to deal with different situations.

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Arsene Wenger on allegations that Arsenal are buying the title: We spend when we think we have to spend and don’t listen too much to what people have to say... One day if you make real statistics of the players we have developed here and you compare it to all the other clubs you will be surprised."

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