Live updates: Men’s Community Shield: Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool (Arsenal win 5-4 on pens)
Arsenal and Liverpool will raise the curtain on the men’s new English domestic season in the Community Shield today, just four weeks after the Gunners won the FA Cup final at Wembley against Chelsea.
It will be an opportunity for Jurgen Klopp’s side to win a first Community Shield since 2006 when they defeated Chelsea 2-1 to lift the trophy.
Last season, the Reds were beaten on penalties by Manchester City after a 1-1 draw, a defeat they will be looking to avenge in London today.
Meanwhile, Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal side have won three of the last six Community Shields, most recently against Chelsea back in 2017.
Although often not considered to be a major trophy, the north London side will see this as an opportunity to build on their good form at the end of the last Premier League campaign and make a statement against last year’s runaway league winners.
Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
76 min: No extra time will be played today so we shall go straight to penalties if there is no goals in the next 14 minutes here.
But Liverpool are coming on strong now and Arsenal are on the ropes.
Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
74 min: The goal stands! A scrappy one but we are level with 15 minutes to play.
Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
73 min: GOAL! Minamino has finished from close range after the ball was bouncing around chaotically inside the Arsenal box.
It will go to VAR as there may have been a hand…
Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
71 min: Robertson curls a smart free-kick into the area which Tierney does excellently with to turn behind for a corner.
That comes to nothing but the Liverpool pressure is growing and growing.
Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
68 min: Minamino rifles in a thumping drive which Martinez plucks out the air as if it’s nothing. That was a good effort but the Gunners keeper’s starting position was perfect.
Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
66 min: Keita chops down Maitland-Niles with a kick to the stomach. It wasn’t intentional but that should have been a booking.
Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
63 min: The game has lost its zest over the last few minutes. Feeling very much like a friendly now. It isn’t, technically.
Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
60 min: Keita immediately into the fray and tries his luck from 30 yards but it’s wayward. Like the confidence though.
Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
59 min: SUBS! Cedric Soares is on for Hector Bellerin for Arsenal.
Liverpool also make a couple of changes as Takumi Minamino and Naby Keita are on for Williams and Milner.
Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
58 min: YELLOW! James Milner chops down Saka and goes in the book. Nasty one, that.
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