Arsenal defeats Chelsea 1-0 to win Community Shield 2015

August 4, 2015

On Sunday, London-based football club Arsenal, winners of the, defeated  Champions Chelsea 1–0 in the   which was played in the. The match saw only two, to one player from each club in the second half. Though Arsenal had lesser possession of the ball and fewer shots, they had 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. scored the only goal of the match, for Arsenal in the 24th minute. Belgian  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. 's kick was denied by ex-Chelsea, who recently signed for Arsenal and this was his debut for Arsenal.

This was Arsène Wenger's first victory over the Chelsea manager. Wenger did not even shake hands with Mourinho after the victory. This is back-to-back Community Shields for Arsenal. They defeated in the previous final.

"We were the best team", said Mourinho in remarks to. "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."