The wait is finally over!
With this win Le Professeur finally has a win over The Special One, after 15 attempts.
Now people can easily forget the previous head to head matches between the two.
And to do it at Wembly is even more rewarding as it is an indicator of who is the King of London.
Normally people would not consider the Community Shield to be an important cup, but that game last Sunday is different as both fielded a strong squad. It is not a game about Arsenal vs. Chelsea, or about the 'pride' of London, it is more about Wenger vs. Mourinho.
There have been a lot of exchange of words between the two. Mourinho had labelled Wenger as a voyeur, as a specialist in failure and many more. Recently Mourinho has accused Wenger of winning by spending a lot of money...
But for the past 10 years who actually spend more? Yes, recently Arsenal may seem to spend more with the likes of Ozil and Sanchez, and yes Chelsea seems to be making a lot of money with the sale of David Luis and Juan Mata. But going back into history, Chelsea has purchased a lot more and has sold less compared to Arsenal. Arsenal has sold key players to cover the financing of the Emirates Stadium - Kolo Toure, Adebayor, Nasri, Clichy, Sagna to Man City, Fabregas, Vermaelen and Song to Barcelona, Robin Van Persie to Man United - all for a hefty 'profit'.
And the handshake at the recent Community Shield - actually we can never really know who is avoiding who. Probably both have the common understanding of not to shake hands.
And to spice the rivalry, there have been quite a number of controversial player moves...
Ashley Cole to Chelsea
William Gallas to Arsenal
Fabregas to Chelsea (although not directly but via spending a few seasons at Barcelona)
Petr Cech to Arsenal
Who will do better this season? Let us enjoy the season and see at the end of May next year!
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