Arsenal 0 Westham 2

GOALS:-Cheikhou Koyate 43rd, Mauro Zarate 57th

Arsenal’s start to the Premier League was less impressive in a loss to London rivals West Ham.

West Ham’s Cheikhou Kouyate, second from left, heads the ball to score his sides first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal

The Gunners were stunned as West Ham got away with a 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium. Cheikhou Koyate’s header before halftime and a low finish from Mauro Zarate in the 57th minute gave the Hammers’ new coach Slaven Bilic the perfect start.

Petr Cech, acquired by Arsenal from Chelsea in a somewhat surprising summer transfer, was at least partly to blame for both goals. The Czech stopper raced out to try and punch a Dimitri Payet free kick in the 43rd minute, only to miss as Kouyate headed into an empty net.

The second goal saw Zarate stole the ball easily from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in Arsenal’s defensive third, and took a few touches before curling a shot into the bottom corner with Cech being left flatfooted.

EVERTON 2 WATFORD 2

GOALS:- EVERTON: BARKLEY 76th; KONE 86th. WATFORD: LAYUN 14th; IGHALO 83rd.

Arouna Kone struck late on to secure a vital point on Watford’s return to the Barclays Premier League. Mexican Miguel Layun put Watford ahead in the first half before Ross Barkley equalized for Everton. Odion Ighalo’s goal put Watford ahead as the clock was ticking down  but substitute Kone pulled one back for Everton which ensured the matter was settled with a draw.

AFC BOURNEMOUTH 0 ASTON VILLA 1

GOAL:- VILLA: GESTEDE 72nd

Bournemouth was given a warm welcome to the Barclays Premier League by Aston Villa substitute Rudy Gestede and debutant who scored the winner for his new team.

Bournemouth, last season’s championship winners, wasted so many chances and were at least good enough to have picked  a point in the game.

CHELSEA 2 SWANSEA CITY 2

GOALS:- CHELSEA: OSCAR 23rd; FERNANDEZ OG 30th. SWANSEA: AYEW 29th; GOMIS PEN 55th.

Barclays Premier League champions Chelsea suffered a setback in the defence of their title when they had goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois sent off and dropped two valuable home points. Oscar gave Chelsea the lead with an early free kick only for debutant AndrÈ Ayew to level for the Welshmen. Federico Fernandez converted William’s cross beyond his own keeper to hand Chelsea the lead before Courtois was sent off and replacement Asmir Begovic was unable to stop Bafetimbi Gomis’ spot kick.

Thibaut Courtois was sent off against Swansea City on the weekend

LECIESTER CITY 4 SUNDERLAND 2

GOALS:- VARDY 11th; MAHREZ 18th, PEN 25th; ALBRIGHTON 66th. SUNDERLAND: DEFOE 60th; FLETCHER 71st.

Former Chelsea and new Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri began his reign at Leicester City by taking the club to the summit of the Barclays Premier league by beating up his counterpart Dick Advocaate.

Leicester scored from Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and Albrighton while Sunderland got their goals from Jermain Defoe and Steven Fletcher.

MANCHESTER UNITED 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0

GOAL:- WALKER OG 22nd.

Manchester United needed a Kyle Walker own goal to secure an unconvincing 1-0 home win over Tottenham Hotspur.

Kyle Walker scores an own goal for Manchester United

Walker made history with his own goal  became the first opening goal of the Premier League season to be an own goal.

United, whose manager Louis van Gaal was celebrating his 64th birthday, took the points after Walker, attempting to tackle Wayne Rooney, put through his own net.

NORWICH CITY 1 CRYSTAL PALACE 3

GOALS:- PALACE: ZAHA 39th; DELANEY 49th; CABAYE 90th. NORWICH: REDMOND 69TH.

Crystal Palace played out an entertaining game against promoted side Norwich though the result dominated by  a goal which was  controversially ruled out. Cameron Jerome’s hooked effort was wrongly ruled out by rookie ref Simon Hooper when it should have given the home side an equaliser. Wilfried Zaha and Damien Delaney had put Palace two goals up and after Nathan Redmond pulled one back for City, Jerome’s effort was ruled out and Eagles debutant Yohan Cabaye sealed the win.

Stoke City 0 liverpool 1

GOALS:- Philippe Coutinho 86th

Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho scored a stunning late winner to seal a 1-0 victory at Stoke City.

Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho Correia celebrates with team-mates after scoring the winning goal against Stoke City during the Premier League

This was a big game for Liverpool after the humiliation in the final game of last season — inflicting a 6-1 defeat on Brendan Rodgers’ team.

There was no repeat on Sunday with Coutinho’s moment of magic ensuring Liverpool walks away with all the three points.

Newcastle 2 Southampton 2

GOALS:- Graziano Pelle 24th, Papiss Cisse 42^nd, Gini Wijnaldum 48th,Shane Long79th

New Newcastle manager Steve McClaren had to settle for a point in a game where both sides had the lead for a while.

Goals from Papiss Cisse and new signing Gini Wijnaldum put Newcastle in command after Graziano Pelle’s 24th-minute opener for the visitors.

But substitute Shane Long rose to power home a cross from the Dusan Tadic with 11 minutes to go to secure a point.

The first round of matches concludes tonight when Manchester City travels to West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion Vs Manchester City preview

Unbeaten in their last five league games at the Hawthorns, Manuel Pellegrini’s men go into tonight’s encounter in high spirits and full of confidence.

England’s most expensive player Raheem Sterling, is set to be handed his first competitive start for the club.

Man City defender Gael Clichy and summer signing Fabian Delph will miss the game while England’s most expensive player Raheem Sterling, is set to be handed his first competitive start for the club.David Silva, Samir Nasri and Sergio Aguero are all available for selection.Meanwhile West Bromwich Albion summer signings Rickie Lambert (Liverpool), James McClean (Wigan Athletic) and James Chester (Hull City) are set to make their debuts for the club, although Serge Gnabry’s (Arsenal) loan move was completed too late for him to feature.

Read more on  premierleague.com

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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain struck in the first half with a well-taken effort from range to settle the curtain-raiser of the new season with the only goal of the game.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain celebrates after scoring for Arsenal against Chelsea in the Community Shield

The Gunners had not beaten a Blues side managed by Jose Mourinho in 13 previous attempts but Oxlade-Chamberlain’s goal secured a 1-0 win over Chelsea.

Ramires headed wide unmarked from Loic Remy’s cross as Chelsea failed to hit the target before the break.
Eden Hazard had a glorious chance to equalize but blasted his shot high under pressure from Laurent Koscielny before Oscar’s free-kick was parried wide by Arsenal debutant Petr Cech. 

Santi Cazorla and Kieran Gibbs were denied by Thibaut Courtois who was very excellent in the Chelsea goal.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger stressed how crucial it was for his team to get the win against Chelsea.

“It was important for the team to get that hurdle out of the way,” said Wenger.

“For me? No, because it is Arsenal versus Chelsea, it is not the two managers. It is two teams who play against each other.”

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said Arsenal had left “their philosophy in the dressing room” by playing defensively in the second half.

“The best team lost. And the defensive team won,” said Mourinho.

The win sets up Arsenal very well for the coming season which starts next weekend aiming to win the English premier League trophy for the first time since 2004.

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The curtain-raiser of the 2015/16 season sees FA Cup holders Arsenal meet Premier League champions Chelsea for the Community Shield on Sunday at Wembley.

It is a highly anticipated game with the fierce rivalry between the two teams and their managers.

Arsenal has been so impressive in their pre-season campaign winning all their four games they have played.

The Gunners have also been able to score goals for fun finding the net 14 times against the likes of Everton, Lyon and Villarreal to clinch both the Premier League Asia Trophy and the Emirates Cup.

Theo Walcott has been very impreessive during the pre-season games

Meanwhile Chelsea has had to contended with tough games in their pre-season and come out strong.

The Blues have won four out of five matches in the Far East, Australia and the USA, winning against Barcelona and PSG in the International Champions Cup.

Both teams have been quiet in the summer transfers with Arsenal having brought in Petr Cech as the only arrival at the Emirates Stadium from Chelsea, with the Blues signing Radamel Falcao and Asmir Begovic as the only senior players.

Team News

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Alexis Sanchez will miss the game as he  enjoys a prolonged rest after helping Chile win the Copa America.David  Ospina is also still out having guided Colombia to the quarter finals of the same tournament.

The Gunners will look at their senior players to win the community shield with the likes of  Per Mertesacker, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil,Theo Walcott  and Olivier Giroud all likely to make the starting  lineup. Arsenal will also be boosted with the news of Theo Walcott and Santi Cazorla signing new contracts according to the guarduian

Meanwhile Chelsea have injury scares with Gary Cahill and Diego Costa  both doubtful for the game. Cahill is struggling with a facial problem, while Costa is nursing what is thought to be a hamstring strain.

Chelsea will look to Diego Costa to guide them to the Community Shield trophy at Wembley against Arsenal

Arsenal possible starting lineup:
Cech; Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs; Coquelin, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil; Theo Walcott, Giroud

Chelsea possible starting lineup:
Courtois; Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry, Azpilicueta; Fabregas, Matic, Willian, Oscar, Hazard;Costa

Head To Head

Chelsea has a fantastic eight-game unbeaten record against the Gunners that stretches back to 2011. Last season saw the Blues beat Arsenal 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League before a goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has never registered a win against his nemesis Jose Mourinho and it will be interesting to see how the game fares on Sunday.

Arsene Wenger will face his nemesis Jose Mourinho again at Wembley

The game will be enticing with Chelsea legend Petr Cech playing against his former Team for the first team.

we wait to see whether Cech out performs Courtois and guide Arsenal to the community Shield Trophy with the stats showing him as a better goalkeeper.

Opta stats

The FA Cup winners have only won one of the last five Community Shield matches, though this was Arsenal in last year’s game.

The Gunners have gone 482 minutes without a goal against Chelsea.

Arsenal have won their last four games at the new Wembley, after failing to win any of the first three (D1 L2). They did beat Wigan on penalties in that drawn result, however.

Neither side has failed to score in games at the new Wembley Stadium (Arsenal – 7 games, Chelsea – 13 games).

The Blues have won eight of their 13 games at the new Wembley (D2 L3). They’ve won once and lost once on penalties following those two draws.

The last two red cards shown in the Community Shield match have been to Chelsea and Arsenal – Branislav Ivanovic for the Blues in 2012 and Francis Jeffers for Arsenal in 2003.

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Manchester United have suffered a blow in their pursuit of Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski after the striker’s agent claimed his client has little interest in a move to Old Trafford.

Bayern Munich’s Polish striker Robert Lewandowski is linked with a move to Manchester United

Louis van Gaal is an admirer of the Polish hitman and had considered him as a replacement for Robin van Persie, who is on the brink of completing a permanent switch to Fenerbahce.

But United’s boss, who is aware of the difficulties of signing another of Bayern’s stars after completing a deal for Bastian Schweinsteiger on Monday, has now been told that Lewandowski is highly unlikely to leave the German champions this summer-Dailymail

Kevin de Bruyne to Manchester City: Raheem Sterling deal could be followed by £50m move for former Chelsea midfielder

Manchester City could follow up their announcement of signing Raheem Sterling with a move for former Chelsea midfielder Kevin de Bruyne that could see their summer spending rapidly increase towards the £100m mark-independent

Roberto Martinez: ‘Aiden McGeady not leaving Everton’

Everton manager Roberto Martinez has insisted that he has no plans to sell Aiden McGeady this summer.

The Republic of Ireland winger has been linked with a move away from Merseyside after making just 16 Premier League appearances for the Toffees last season-sportsmole

Arsenal blitz Man United and Liverpool in battle to sign £40m French international Benzema

ARSENAL will swoop to sign Real Madrid talisman Karim Benzema if new Bernabeu boss Rafa Benitez refuses to select him.

Karim Benzema of Real Madrid is linked with a move to Arsenal

According to El Confidencial journalist Kike Marin, the French striker will look to force a money-spinning move to the Premier League should he find himself relegated down the Los Blancos pecking order.

Marin tweeted: “@Arsenal Wenger has spoken with Benzema and #Arsenal will try to sign him if Karim doesn’t play with Rafa Benitez…”-Dailystar

Bastian Schweinsteiger honoured to be first German to play for Manchester United… and insists Louis van Gaal isn’t the main reason behind his switch to the Premier League

Bastian Schweinsteiger is honoured to become the first German to play for Manchester United and believes the team can do a ‘great job’ this season.

The World Cup winner joined the Red Devils in a £15million deal from Bayern Munich on Saturday and is seen as the man to bring some authority to United’s midfield-Dailymail

Manchester City slap £20m pricetag on Roma target

Roma have been told to double their money and bid £20m to prise Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko to Serie A this summer.

The Bosnian forward has been in talks with the Italian giants this week and Roma sporting director Walter Sabatini has arrived in Manchester to meet with Dzeko’s representatives-talksport

Liverpool ‘clear to sign Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke after Tottenham pull out of transfer race’

Liverpool are reportedly clear to sign Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke with Tottenham pulling out of the transfer race.

Liverpool are favourites to sign Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke

The Reds were believed to be in pole position to sign the forward, who scored 15 goals for the Villans last year, and their chances have been bolstered with the Mirror reporting that Spurs are searching for a cheaper alternative to the £32.5m goalscorer-metro

Tottenham to rekindle interest in PSG midfielder?

Tottenham could rekindle their interest in Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Thiago Motta if the Brazilian’s move to Atletico Madrid falls through.

Mauricio Pochettino’s men have been linked with the former Barcelona star and may go after the 33-year-old if PSG and Atletico fail to agree a deal for his signature-talk sport

United agree £21m fee for Benfica midfielder Nicolas Gaitan’

Manchester United will continue their spending spree with the signing of Benfica midfielder Nicolas Gaitan.

The Metro says that United have agreed a fee with the Portuguese side, thought to be €30 million (£21m).

Manchester United are expected to sign Benfica midfielder Nicolas Gaitan.

Gaitan has been a long-standing target of United’s and now it appears the two clubs have reached an agreement for the winger.

According to the report, Gaitan – who is still to agree personal terms – will join United once record signing Angel Di Maria‘s move away from Old Trafford is finalized-telegraph

Pedro plays down Chelsea link

His buyout clause has dropped as links to Chelsea persist, but Barcelona forward Pedro played down a potential move.

Barcelona forward Pedro played down links to Chelsea but confirmed his buyout clause had plummeted.

The 27-year-old could be set for a move away from the European champions as he searches for more game time-fourfourtwo

Valencia set to hijack Everton’s move for Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina?

Valencia are plotting to hijack Everton’s move for Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina.

The Gunners shotstopper recently revealed his interest in joining the Toffees this summer after falling behind Petr Cech and Wojciech Szczesny in the goalkeeping stakes at the Emirates-talk sport

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Petr Cech  signed for Arsenal for a reported £11m from Chelsea and thanked Roman Abramovich as well as Chelsea Fans.

Very happy to announce that I have signed with @Arsenal pic.twitter.com/msvjEpyO36

— Petr Cech (@PetrCech) June 29, 2015

Cech signed a four-year deal with the Gunners worth £100,000-per-week and will begin next season as Arsene Wenger’s new first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Wojciech Szczesny and David Ospina, who could leave the Emirates Stadium this summer.

The 33-year-old leaves the Blues after 11 trophy-laden years at the club.

He won four Premier League titles, the Champions League, Europa League, four FA Cups and three League Cup trophies with Chelsea.

Several Chelsea fans on  Twitter did not take it well as the news broke that he had signed for the Gunners going on label him a ‘traitor’ and a ‘snake’, another one  saying ‘Cech is dead to me, the helmet wearing snake’ and also being called’ bench warmer”

Reactions of Chelsea fans below

Snake @PetrCech pic.twitter.com/epzlhQHeSm

— Moe. (@NoLaughingMata) June 29, 2015

Cech is dead to me the helmet wearing cunt. — Flopcao (@LobittaT) June 29, 2015

Imagine buzzing over signing a bench warmer that is 33 years old. Arsenal fans are tinpot mate.

— SimplyCosta (@SimplyCosta) June 29, 2015

Cech is not bigger then our club, you are deluded & dumb if you defend him. He’s a traitor & a snake. No other way to put it. — SimplyCosta (@SimplyCosta) June 29, 2015

Trying to pretend you are happy for Cech like… pic.twitter.com/RgWO89Glvx

— Omar Nasser (@Omar_Nasser9) June 29, 2015

Frank Lampard Petr Cech Didier Drogba Ashley Cole End of an era. — Omar Nasser (@Omar_Nasser9) June 29, 2015

Goodbye to a Chelsea great. http://t.co/0LSZyn5UnA #ThankYouPetr pic.twitter.com/4dxzfnFaPM — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) June 29, 2015

Watch @PetrCech‘s first full @Arsenal interview on Arsenal Player NOW! http://t.co/EmcWasgvNS pic.twitter.com/NEYrEI8Rqt

— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) June 29, 2015

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