It was fair of Gary Monk to suggest that Saturday’s result was flattering. Nevertheless the records will show another three-goal victory on the road, against a Swansea side that took all six points off us last season.

Veteran goalkeeper Petr Cech can become the rock on which Arsenal build another formidable defence, according to centre-back Per Mertesacker.

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It’s been a while since the Gunners have approached the start of a new campaign seemingly in such a buoyant mood. 

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger insists he remains unfazed by his inability to register a single victory over Jose Mourinho in 13 attempts.

Jose Mourinho claims he supports Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich’s decision to sell Petr Cech to rivals Arsenal.

Petr Cech has moved to play down reports that a deal had already been struck with Arsenal over a proposed £11million transfer from Chelsea, as talks continued over the future of the veteran goalkeeper.

Ireland international James McClean is back in the Premier League after completing a move to West Brom last night.

Jose Mourinho has warned clubs wanting to buy Petr Cech this summer that they may have to give up one of their own players to land the Chelsea goalkeeper.

Jose Mourinho expects the summer transfer market to be “like Wall Street collapsing” as rivals attempt to reel in his Chelsea side.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has opened talks with Turkish club Besiktas over a summer move, according to his agent.

For reasons I’m not going to go into, I missed the first 45 minutes of the Liverpool game — and so missed both goals and anything of interest it seems.

Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling admits he has had to rein in some of his youthful exuberance in order to become a serious striker.

Jose Mourinho has repeated his plea for a noisy Stamford Bridge when Chelsea play Liverpool next week for a place in the Capital One Cup final.

Eden Hazard is set to sign a new deal with Chelsea, where Jose Mourinho believes he can become an all-time great.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says Petr Cech has "nothing to prove" as he makes his first Premier League start of the season this afternoon.

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Thibaut Courtois wants Petr Cech to stay at Stamford Bridge – but has no intention of giving back his place in the Chelsea goal.

Jose Mourinho predicted Petr Cech would provide stiff competition for Thibaut Courtois after the Belgian won the first battle for the Chelsea goalkeeping gloves at Burnley.

Jose Mourinho revelled in the shackling of Luis Suarez after Chelsea showed their Barclays Premier League title credentials with a 2-1 defeat of Liverpool.

Rafael Benitez accepts scoring opportunities for any Chelsea player will be at a premium tonight when Southampton visit Stamford Bridge.

Javier Hernandez thinks Manchester United’s controversial 3-2 win over Chelsea on Sunday could have a decisive bearing on the destination of this year’s Premier League.

Alex Ferguson has dismissed the idea Manchester United’s Premier League title rivals would gain a significant advantage if they got dumped out of Europe.

Eden Hazard demonstrated the increasing power of Twitter by finally announcing he had decided to join Chelsea this summer.

Chelsea’s Champions League hero Petr Cech has signed a new four-year contract.

Champions League matchwinner Didier Drogba believes it was destiny that Chelsea should finally scoop the prize in Munich last night.

Didier Drogba hailed his side's never-say-die spirit tonight after helping Chelsea claim the Champions League for the first time in their history.

Chelsea enjoyed a major boost today ahead of Saturday’s Barclays Premier League trip to Sunderland when Petr Cech returned to full training.

ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS has warned Chelsea fans they may have to wait until after the international break to see Juan Mata in action for the club.

ALEX FERGUSON has declared last week’s Community Shield as the start of a phoney war for Premier League supremacy and warned his young troops the “real stuff” begins at The Hawthorns tomorrow.

ANYBODY who doubts the impact of Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea need only have listened to the murmurs of discontent during the second half on Saturday.

Nicolas Anelka fired two first-half goals to put Chelsea on the way to a comfortable 4-1 victory over MSK Zilina and then revealed the meaning of his ’handcuff’ goal celebration.

IT IS no consolation to England manager Fabio Capello but the international break has come with perfect timing for Carlo Ancelotti.

CHELSEA are confident they have enough goalkeeping cover after first choice Petr Cech was ruled out for a month with a tear in his right calf.

Chelsea have been rocked by the loss of goalkeeper Petr Cech for a month.

Striker Nicolas Anelka has given the broadest hint yet that he is ready to pledge his future to Chelsea.

CHELSEA have been plunged into a goalkeeping crisis ahead of Tuesday night’s Champions League return leg against Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan.

CHELSEA midfielder Frank Lampard labelled Petr Cech’s loss as a “huge blow” after the goalkeeper was carried off on a stretcher during their Champions League defeat to Inter Milan.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has taken full responsibility for the 2-1 defeat against Manchester City and will be rested by coach Carlo Ancelotti against APOEL in their final Champions League group game tonight.

Petr Cech is set to miss Chelsea’s final Champions League group game against APOEL tomorrow – but not because of his free-kick blunder against Manchester City.

CARLO ANCELOTTI defended Petr Cech and Frank Lampard ahead of tonight’s final Champions League group game against Apoel Nicosia.

Chelsea will lodge their intention to appeal against FIFA’s transfer ban with the Court of Arbitration for Sport today.

ROOKIE midfielder Jack Rodwell became Everton’s youngest goalscorer in European competition with two spectacular long-range goals in their emphatic Europa League play-off first-leg victory over Sigma Olomouc at Goodison Park.

Revitalised Petr Cech made light of his own goalkeeping heroics and paid tribute to his team-mates after Chelsea earned a goalless draw against free-scoring Barcelona in the Nou Camp.