Arsenal ready to break Chelsea jinx in Community Shield

Rival managers Wenger and Mourinho resume hostilities on Sunday after a week of verbal sparring

Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho are kept apart
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The new English season officially kicks off on Sunday with the traditional curtain-raiser at Wembley pitting Premier League champions Chelsea against FA Cup winners Arsenal in the Community Shield.

As early season games go, it couldn't be more mouth-watering, a clash between two bitter London rivals whose managers have long been at each other's throats. Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho haven't had a good word to say about each other for seasons, and the latter's jibe in 2014 about the Frenchman being a "specialist in failure" will ensure Sunday's game has an exhilarating edge.

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