Leicester vs Man City LIVE: Community Shield result, final score and reaction today
Follow all the fallout live from Wembley as the FA Cup winners beat the Premier League champions
Leicester City won the Community Shield on Sunday by defeating Manchester City at Wembley Stadium thanks to a late penalty from Kelechi Iheanacho.
The former Man City striker was fouled in the box after catching defender Nathan Ake on the ball, then stepped up to the spot to blast a finish past Zack Steffen – who got a hand on the effort.
Leicester seemed to be an afterthought heading in the pre-season fixture, which felt like it was more about Man City’s British-record signing Jack Grealish and a potential debut for the midfielder.
The England international joined Pep Guardiola’s team from Aston Villa for £100million this week and came off the bench at Wembley for his first appearance in sky blue.
Despite some impressive contributions, Grealish was unable to inspire Man City to break the deadlock, and it was Iheanacho who proved the match-winner with his late penalty heroics.
Many fans question the significance of the Community Shield, but it clearly meant a great deal to the Leicester City fans at Wembley, who roared upon hearing the final whistle. This trophy follows the FA Cup win by Brendan Rodgers’ side in May, secured with a victory over Chelsea at the same stadium. Relive the action below.
Leicester 0 - 0 Man City
87 mins: Penalty to Leicester! Ake gets caught on the ball by Iheanacho. He tries to recover it but brings down the Leicester striker. VAR are checking it but this isn’t getting overturned.
Leicester 0 - 0 Man City
84 mins: Bernardo Silva works the ball down the left side before slotting it back to Mendy. He swings a cross into the far side of the box where Fernandinho is waiting. Luke Thomas ia aware of the danger and gets in front of the Man City midfielder before flicking the ball over his head.
Leicester 0 - 0 Man City
81 mins: Into the last 10 minutes down and still nothing to separate the two teams. Remember if the game ends in a draw we go straight to penalties instead of extra time.
Leicester 0 - 0 Man City
78 mins: Man City are turning up the heat. Grealish weaves his way int between three defenders before going down on the edge of the box. Paul Tierney waves play on and Leicester boot the ball clear.
Kelechi Iheanacho comes on for Leicester replacing Harvey Barnes. He ended up as the Foxes top scorer last season, can he get one here and win Leicester the Community Shield?
Leicester 0 - 0 Man City
75 mins: Ben Knight and Bernardo Silva come on for the final 15 minutes for Man City. Ferran Torres and Cole Palmer are the men replaced. With the rumours knocking around about Bernardo Silva’s desire to play in Spain this could well be his last appearance for Man City.
Leicester 0 - 0 Man City
72 mins: Brendan Rodgers looks to his bench now. Marc Albrighton, Patson Daka and Kieran Dewsbury-Hall replace Ayoze Perez, James Maddison and Jamie Vardy.
Leicester 0 - 0 Man City
70 mins: Grealish’s first attack comes from the left as his dribbles the ball into the box. He’s met with Ricardo and Ndidi who close him down and block the ball out for a corner.
Leicester 0 - 0 Man City
67 mins: Lovely stuff from Soyuncu who twice feints Palmer into making a tackle before shifting the ball away from the Man City player. He sends a pass up to Maddison who spins and knocks it out wide for Barnes. A glance into the box show Barnes that Vardy wants the ball and he curls a cross towards the back post. The pass goes over Vardy’s head though and swings wide of the far post.
Leicester 0 - 0 Man City
65 mins: Pep Guardiola does make the changes. Ilkay Gundogan and Sam Edozie are off with Rodri and Jack Grealish on.
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