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Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea (4-1 on penalties): Community Shield - As it happened

FULL TIME: Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea (Arsenal win 4-1 on penalties)
Updated: 06 August 2017 21:06 IST - Published: August, 06 2017 08:35 PM IST
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Arsenal won their 15th Community Shield after beating Chelsea in penalties
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That's it from me today. We'll be back for the UEFA Super Cup in a couple of days. Until then, this is Rohith Nair signing off. So long!

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**Ok, maybe it is. 
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Victor Moses opened the scoring for Chelsea but Sead Kolasinac equalised for Arsenal - both goals coming as a result of a set-piece. In the end, it was the Gunners who triumphed in the penalty shootout as Thibaut Courtois (?) and Alvaro Morata failed to find the back of the net. 

And it's a pre-season treble yet again for Arsenal.
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Giroud scores! Arsenal win the penalty shootout 4-1 to beat Chelsea in the Community Shield (in the first ever AB-BA penalty shootout). 
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Arsenal lead 3-1 and Olivier Giroud is up next. Can he win it for Arsenal?
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Oxlade-Chamberlain next up for Arsenal - SCORES! 
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Alvaro Morata up next for Chelsea - MISS! It goes wide of Cech's right post. 
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Courtous up next - MISS! Huge miss! He boots it into the roof of Wembley! What a terrible hit!
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Nacho Monreal is up next for Arsenal - SCORES! He sends Courtois the wrong way. 
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Arsenal have two kicks now. First up is Theo Walcott - SCORES! Straight into the top corner! 1-1.
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Chelsea are going first and Gary Cahill walks up for the first kick - And SCORES! Cech goes the wrong way. 
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On to penalties then! Arsenal's stand-in captain Petr Cech wins the toss and picks the end with the Arsenal fans behind goal. 
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We've just seen Mertesacker's face again after his collision with Cahill's elbow. It looks like someone took a butcher knife to his eyebrow! That's one scar that won't fade anytime soon. 
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In case you didn't know, we will see a brand new penalty shootout system at Wembley: Details here. 
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FULL TIME: Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea

We're going to penalties! 
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92' GOOO... No, just wide! Fabregas floats in a free-kick but Morata's header is just wide of Cech's post. So close! 
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FIVE minutes added on. Five! 
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90' Arsenal are struggling to find an opening as Chelsea park the bus. There's nine blue shirts in the box! 
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88' SUBSTITUTION: Danny Welbeck comes off and Reiss Nelson is on. So Wenger doesn't want Welbeck to take penalties then?
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85' With five minutes to go and the score tied at 1-1, will we see the AB-BA penalty shootout? There is no extra-time in the Community Shield. 
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83' SUBSTITUTION: Musonda comes on for Willian.
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82' Arsenal capitalise on the free-kick and extra man. Xhaka's free-kick is floated in and Sead Kolasinac rises above the rest to head it home past Courtois who was rooted to the spot. 1-1!
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GOOOAAALLL! Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea
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80' RED CARD! Pedro attempts to stop Elneny in his tracks but ends up stepping on the back of his ankle. His boot was raised and Elneny is in pain. The referee goes into his pocket and pulls out a red card - straight red!
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78' Morataaa... GOES HIGH! A hopeful cross into the box beats every Arsenal defender and Morata makes the run in from the right. He gets a foot to it form a narrow angle but it's way off target. 
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76' Xhakaaaaa... SAVE! Xhaka's shot from long-range was travelling! It looked destined for the top corner but Courtois makes a fine dive to his right to deny the Arsenal midfielder. 
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74' SUBSTITUTION: The moment Chelsea fans have been waiting for - Alvaro Morata comes on for Michy Batshuayi with less than 20 minutes to make an impression. 
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71' FOUL! Kolasinac again. The man is on a mission to destroy a fellow human being and this time Moses runs into a tree. A Bosnian tree running at him at 50mph. 
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68' FOUL! Kolasinac barges into Pedro from behind and although he protests his innocence, the referee thinks otherwise. Chelsea have a free-kick and Luiz is standing over it. He doesn't go for goal though - opting to lob it over the wall instead. Nothing comes of it. 
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66' SUBSTITUTION: Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott come on for Alexandre Lacazette and Alex Iwobi. Walcott looks a lot like a certain Leicester City winger all of a sudden - like Theyad Wahrez.
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65' So close, again! Iwobi almost manages to find Lacazette but a deflection allows Courtois to step up and make the clearance before the French striker can pounce. 
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63' David Luiz may have taken a knock to his head but he's as alert as ever. With Welbeck through on goal on the left side of the box, he makes a quick tackle to deny the striker a pass or shot on goal.
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61' OFFSIDE! Elneny almost feeds Lacazette with a quick passing move but the Frenchman is just offside. 
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59' Arsenal hit back with two attempts on goal. The first was a cross from Bellerin that was just missed by Elneny making the near-post run. Elneny then gets another chance to put the ball in but it swerves dangerously goal-ward and Courtois makes a desperate save. 
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56' Another collision and TWO Chelsea players are down. David Luiz, Gary Cahill and Rob Holding go up for a header and the two Chelsea defenders clash heads. Holding somehow comes out unscathed. 

The physios are on the pitch and the two centre-backs will take time to get back on their feet.
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54' Kante attempts a cute back-heel that even takes Batshuayi by surprise - who eventually loses possession. A frustrated sigh can be heard from the end with Chelsea fans. 
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50' WIDE! An Arsenal counter sees the ball fall to Elneny outside the box and he tries to volley it into the top corner with his left foot, But it curls away from goal, much to Chelsea's relief. 

He only scores such stunners at the Camp Nou... 
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47' That was quick! A Chelsea corner sees the ball initially cleared but headed back into the box by Cahill. While the rest of the Arsenal defence was stepping up, Victor Moses ran through and slotted the ball past a stranded Petr Cech. Moses was onside - no question about it. 
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GOOOAAALLL! Arsenal 0-1 Chelsea
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PEEP! Arsenal kick things off in the second half. 
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The players make their way out for the second half (as some terrible music blares over the speakers at Wembley). 
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PEEP PEEP! HALF-TIME: Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea

It's been an interesting half. The Gunners got off the blocks quickly and dominated proceedings in the first 20 minutes. But Chelsea have had shots on target to put pressure on Cech.

If the scoreline remains the same after another 45 minutes, we could see the new ABBA penalty shootout. (No, not the Swedish pop group - the shootout format)
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Three minutes added on in the first half.
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44' Wow, what was that?! Iwobi gets room to gallop and Chelsea's defence backpedal quickly to get back into the box. The Ox receives the ball and tries to set up Iwobi who dances around three Chelsea players before taking a shot on goal. But it's weak and Courtois makes the save. 
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41' How about that, Kolasinac drives through Chelsea's midfield with the ball and is let down by Oxlade-Chamberlain who did not catch up. Kolasinac's pass is barely kept in play by the Ox but his cross is without any purpose and Kolasinac doesn't look too pleased. 
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39' Conte is losing his cool on the touchline. He's probably burned more calories than all his Chelsea players in the first 20 minutes. Combined. 
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37' PENAL... NO, WAIT. DIVE! It's a dive from Willian! At first glance it looked like Bellerin clipped him in the box but replays showed Willian tripped, clipping his own leg and going down. The protests certainly didn't help and he is booked! 
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35' YELLOW CARD! Bellerin tries a cute pass past Alonso while he goes around on the other side but Alonso brings him down. The referee books him. 
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35' SAVE! Pedro runs into the Arsenal box with the ball and fires a shot on goal to Cech's near post but it stings his gloves. That shot was on target. 

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