Arsenal reclaimed the Community Shield after taking down Chelsea 1-0. Arsenal also won the award last season, but many anticipated this matchup between the 2015 Premier League Champion Chelsea and the FA Cup winner Arsenal.

This game featured a plethora of story lines, but none more preponderant than José Mourinho vs. Arsène Wenger. For years the former held the advantage, not losing a single game against the Arsenal manger. Prior to Sunday's game, Mourinho held a record of seven wins and six draws against Wenger with no defeats.

But streaks are meant to be broken and this one was no exception.

How Arsenal did it was all the more impressive. Here are some takeaways.

Arsenal's defense looks good

Not many surprises on the leading cast members of the backline with Petr ÄŒech in goal, Laurent Koscielny, Héctor Bellerín, Nacho Monreal and Per Mertesacker on defense. The quartet did a fabulous job stifling Eden Hazard and Chelsea's offense, limiting them to just two shots on target and showing that Arsenal has no problems sitting back and conceding possession.

Hazard, the main offensive piece for Mourinho, looked a shadow of his dominant self. He was constantly forced to run deeper into the pitch to collect possession but found his space limited. He had no shots on target (one was blocked and one was a miss), he completed no dribbles (a shocker for a player whose game is predicated on holding and running with the ball at his feet), and he had just one key pass the entire night.

Other players, such as Ramires and Cesc Fàbregas also struggled to make their respective presences felt with limited space.

Credit must be given to Arsenal's defense.

Radamel Falcao continues to fail his audition

Mourinho likes to make statements. Often his words make him look like a genius. Very rarely does he wind up looking like a fool.

Falcao is making Mourinho look like a fool with his poor form. The Portuguese manager stated that he planned to show the world the "real" Falcao. While there is certainly time to make that happen, Colombia's "Tigre" has had no bite. He struggles to keep the ball. His speed, which was never overly quick, is slower than ever. His timing is also wayward, leaving him constantly out of position.

This will be problematic for Mourinho with Diego Costa out for some time. Loïc Rémy is the other option and could potentially push Falcao down to third striker on the team. Rémy was borderline poor against Arsenal, getting zero shots at goal, winning no aerials, and contributing a passing success rate of 66.7 percent. At least Falcao can boast to having shot two balls off target and he completed over 84 percent of his passes.

That, however, is not where Chelsea wants its offense to be.

Theo Walcott over Olivier Giroud paying off

The choice to use the Englishman up top clearly came down to a game plan for Wenger. Giroud is great at hold up play and is a strong target man. Walcott is not as technically inclined as the Frenchman, but he possesses a great deal more speed, an asset beneficial to a direct attacking approach.

For too long Wenger has stayed with the patient approach of possession soccer. However, it has rarely produced many results, and it seems that he is now intent on a more direct approach that also defends better. Walcott moves better in this formation, forcing defenders out of position and opening up space for other teammates.

Walcott did not have a tremendous amount of involvement in the game as far as touches are involved, but he did create an assist and had a shot on target in 65 minutes. Giroud had more touches and shots in less time, but none of his attempts were on target.

The big positive from both displays is that they are giving Wenger options moving forward. That versatility could pay huge dividends in the future.