A left-footed strike from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has handed FA Cup winners Arsenal a 1-0 half-time lead over Premier League champions Chelsea in the Community Shield at Wembley this afternoon. For the Gunners, who have not beaten their West London rivals in their last eight attempts, Oxlade-Chamberlain's goal was their first in this fixture in 506 minutes of action. Both sides found goalscoring opportunties hard to carve out during the early exchanges, with neither goalkeeper called into any telling action. However, that changed in the 23rd minute when Theo Walcott met Mesut Ozil's cross, but the Arsenal striker could only plant his headed effort straight at Thibaut Courtois in the...
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