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Liverpool vs Manchester City: Pep Guardiola’s side clinch Community Shield on penalties

Follow all the action live from Wembley Stadium

Michael Jones

Sunday 04 August 2019 16:37 BST

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Community Shield preview: Liverpool v Man City

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Follow all the action live as Liverpool take on Manchester City in the Community Shield at Wembley.

Raheem Sterling opened the scoring against his former club after 12 minutes courtesy of a cute flick by David Silva and a flapping attempted save by Alisson.

However, after Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk both hit the woodwork, Liverpool finally cracked City’s defence in the second half when Joel Matip converted a close-range header to put the match back on level terms. Follow all the action below:

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Kick-off time

The Community Shield kicks off at 15:00 BST.

How can I watch it?

The match is being broadcast live on BT Sport 1 with coverage starting at 14:30 BST.

Team news

Nicolas Otamendi starts, despite only just returning from the Copa America, while Sergio Aguero will come off the bench. Raheem Sterling is set to take up a central berth, while Leroy Sane starts despite consistent rumours circulation over a possible transfer to Bayern Munich.

Firmino and Salah both start after returning from AFCON while Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri are included having recovered from injury. Sadio Mane is not scheduled to return to training until next week.