Another match at Wembley, another win for Arsenal.

On Sunday afternoon, Arsenal beat Chelsea 4-1 on penalties after drawing 1-1 over 90 minutes.

It wasn’t the most spectacular win in the world but we got the job done and all four of our penalty-takers – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Olivier Giroud, Theo Walcott and Nacho Monreal –  found the back of the net with ease.

The win should give us some belief going forward, which, after finishing fifth last season, we need.

We also got to see the best of some of our new signings – Kolasinac scored his first goal – as well as the worst of our tactical decisions.

However, it’s all a learning curve and it looks as if we’re approaching somewhere near ‘ready’ for our first Premier League match against Leicester on Friday.

With one or two new signings, we might actually look pretty convincing. Although, don’t we always say that?

So, what did we learn from Arsenal’s Community Shield win over Chelsea?

Wembley might as well be Arsenal’s home ground

https://twitter.com/HectorBellerin/status/893877970858913794

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That’s nine wins in our last nine visits to the new Wembley.

We may joke about it being our ‘home’, especially since it’s now technically Tottenham’s home for the time being, but we can’t seem to lose there.

Sead Kolasinac is a beast

I may have said this more than once but the left-back is a monster.

Not only was he generally amazing against Chelsea but he scored the equaliser to take it to penalties – his first in red and white.

Bellerin’s broken

Hector Bellerin found it hard to slot into the right-wing-back role when Arsene Wenger changed up the formation last season and while many, including himself, reckoned he just needed time to get used to the slightly altered position, he’s still not looking fantastic.

Hopefully he’ll improve.

Taking a chance on ABBA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zv5bwKJd7M

Arsenal and Chelsea got to debut the new penalty-taking format after the score remained 1-1 after 90 minutes.

The ‘ABBA’ format means that, using the Community Shield as an example, Chelsea took their spot-kick first, following by Theo and then Monreal, before swapping back to Chelsea.

It was supposed to be fairer, since the first team kicking are said to have a slight advantage, but it seemed that most people were just confused.

It’ll take some getting used to.

Arsenal still not clinical enough

https://twitter.com/ArsenalsRelated/status/894189534459686913

The Gunners could have been ahead in the first half but, as usual, weren’t clinical enough.

Arsenal were the better team early on and continuously got into dangerous positions but just couldn’t put it away.

Alexandre Lacazette hit the post and everything!

Chelsea love elbowing people

Seriously, can they just give it a rest?

Thibaut Courtois should never take another penalty… ever

https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/894215979726766081

I don’t feel as if I need to explain this.

It’s not just a friendly

https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/894220176811372544

Okay, it is just a friendly. It’s a pre-season match for a trophy which no one except Jose Mourinho (yes, I’m going to keep saying that) counts as genuine silverware.

But, a London derby at Wembley is still a big deal. I didn’t realise how big of a deal it would actually be until I almost had a heart-attack when it went to penalties.