Arsenal beat Chelsea 4-1 on penalties to win Community Shield

Arsenal extended their Wembley Stadium winning streak to seven matches after beating Chelsea 4-1 on penalties following a one all draw in regulation time which saw Chelsea went down to 10 men after Pedro was issued a straight red card for a tackle on Arsenal Midfielder Mohamed Elneny and the resultant free kick was headed home by Kolisinac for Arsenal's equalizer after Victor Moses had put Chelsea in front on 46 minutes.

Thibaut Courtois and Alvaro Morata missed from the spot for Chelsea as Arsenal scored all their four spot kicks to emerge victorious.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte refused to blame anyone for the defeat: "Today was a tough game for both teams. We tried to win and improve our physical condition because in six days we have to start the league.

Now the important thing is to continue to work and to try and improve the team. Courtois is one of the best players to kick a penalty. If you have a player during the training session show you to be one of the best, you pick him to try to shoot the penalty.
Don't forget Morata is a forward and he did the same. For Morata he needs to work but that is normal. He is with us for just one week and it's very important to find his condition and for him to understand our football. He needs a bit of time, but that's normal, it's the same for Rudiger and Bakayoko"

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