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 1-0 Liverpool
56 min: CHANCE! Mane skips clear and latches onto a long ball over the top.
You’d bank the Liverpool man to finish when through on goal but Martinez stands up brilliantly and smothers the Senegalese forward’s effort.
Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
54 min: Van Dijk climbs to head the ball from a corner but can’t get enough on it and danger is averted.
Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
51 min: Maitland-Niles tries a speculative curling shot from outside the box at the end of an Arsenal break, bit of a waste.
Firmino then breaks at the other end and tries his own curling effort but that also drifts wide of the post.
Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
48 min: Luiz is nearly caught out as Firmino pressures him while the ball is up in the air but the frizzy haired Brazilian does the job in he end.
Liverpool already looking more confident at the start of the second half. Although they did start the first pretty well, so let’s see.
Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
46 min: Here we go with the second half then. Can the champions bounce back from a poor 45 minutes?
Liverpool get us going again.
Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
HALF-TIME: We had one minute added and that’s all she wrote for the first half.
After a good early start from Liverpool, it was the brilliance of Aubameyang that turned the game on its head as he scored at Wembley yet again. Since then the Gunners have looked really impressive.
Robertson has been the one spark for Liverpool but it’s been lacklustre from the champions in all honesty.
Second half coming up.
Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
45 min: Saka fizzes in a low ball across the box but no one is there again for either side. A lot of low balls coming into both boxes and a lot of forwards failing to get on the end of them.
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Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
43 min: Bellerin with a delicious little run before Tierney forces a corner.
It comes in from Saka and Van Dijk clears commandingly with a powerful header away.
Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
41 min: How many crosses do Arsenal want to give Robertson? He curls another beauty in and Mane gets a soft touch to it but it misses Van Dijk and drifts wide.
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