Arsenal vs Man City LIVE: Community Shield result, final score and reaction as Gunners win on penalties
Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola meet once more at Wembley
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Your support makes all the difference.The Community Shield is always a game for the calendar - the official opening of elite action in England’s men’s game. This time around it’s treble-winners Manchester City and last season’s Premier League runners-up Arsenal who meet at Wembley, fighting for the first prize of the new campaign.
Mikel Arteta has added the likes of Declan Rice and Kai Havertz to his squad this summer, while Mateo Kovacic has traded Chelsea for Man City as a replacement for Ilkay Gundogan.
While not usually a match which foretells the fortunes of the season ahead, it’s still an intriguing opportunity to see where these respective squads are ahead of the opening game of the 2023/24 league next term. Follow live updates from the Community Shield at Wembley below:
FT - Arsenal 1-1 Man City
And that was about the last action of the game - we’ll go now to a penalty shoot-out to decide the winner! Full time at Wembley, 1-1.
GOAL! 90+11’ - Arsenal 1-1 Man City
GOAL!
Absurd ending to the game! The corner is weak and cleared by the first man, it bounces out to Trossard who chops onto his left foot, shoots straight into one defender, it bounces sideways onto Akanji’s knee, deflects the complete opposite direction and rolls past Ortega into the net!
90+10’ - Arsenal 0-1 Man City
Into and past 100 minutes. City fans whistling, wanting the result and the shield; Arsenal totally unable to create anything of note. Saka wastes the best chance with an overhit pass wide and that’s going to be just about that.
One final corner gets the Gunners’ faithful to their feet.
90+8’ - Arsenal 0-1 Man City
Back underway finally after about another three minutes or so stoppage. Can Arsenal raise the tempo enough for a chance or two on goal?
A fair few fans have departed now from both camps but we’ve probably got another few minutes to play. Added time to added time and all that.
90’+4 - Arsenal 0-1 Man City
Referee Stuart Attwell must be able to see into the future. Walker and Thomas clash heads on an aerial duel and both go down needing attention. Clearly, this is where the eight minutes added on were always intended to come from.
Arsenal’s other players regroup for a last-minute chat with Arteta but they’ve looked like making precious little happen in this half.
89’ - Arsenal 0-1 Man City
Fair to suggest the Gunners missed their best moments of the match to score in the first half. They look tired and a bit ragged now - Ramsdale almost gifts De Bruyne a shooting chance with a poor pass out.
Rodri manages to escape almost as obvious a yellow card as Havertz earned in the first half for a pull-back.
We’re going to have...Eight minutes added on?! Arsenal fans happy at the time for a comeback but mostly, people here at Wembley are merely bemused. We’ve had no injuries since Odegaard’s early in the half and a normal amount of subs.
86’ - Arsenal 0-1 Man City
Into the final five minutes of the game and City lead. A reminder that if the Gunners equalise and it ends a draw, we go straight to penalties. Emile Smith Rowe and Fabio Vieira come on for Gabriel and Havertz.
A total of 81,145 fans at Wembley today, we’re informed.
82’ - Arsenal 0-1 Man City
Should be 2-0! Alvarez squirms through three challenges and squares for Foden who sidesteps the last defender and just has to beat Ramsdale...but the keeper gets a heel to the ball and flicks it wide for a corner! He then immediately makes another good, low stop to his right to prevent the flicked header going in off the set-piece.
80’ - Arsenal 0-1 Man City
Ten minutes for the Gunners to find a way back into the game or it’s another trophy for City.
Nketiah on for Rice - who is booed by City fans for having the temerity to turn them down, naturally - as Arteta looks to push for an equaliser.
A few replays of that Palmer goal are absolutely gorgeous - Ramsdale nowhere near it, finds the gap between Gabriel and the post wonderfully. Not great from Tierney initially, just after coming on.
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