Liverpool vs Manchester City: Pep Guardiola’s side clinch Community Shield on penalties
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Your support makes all the difference.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.
Liverpool 1 - 1 Man City (90 mins)
Liverpool 4 - 5 Man City
Gabriel Jesus to win it for Man City! He does! City win the Community Shield!
Man City are the Community Shield Champions. They've beaten Liverpool 5-4 on penalties. Gabriel Jesus stepped up last to win it for the Premier League champions.
Claudio Bravo is the difference between the teams. He saved the penalty from Gini Wijnaldum.
A game of two halves. Man City dominated the first 45 minutes with Liverpool responding well in the second half and coming back to equalise. They hit the woodwork a number of times and a goal line clearance from Kyle Walker denied them the win in the 90 minutes.
Man City take the bragging rights and the silverware from the Community Shield. Here's how the players rated:
It may be the least respected trophy but there are always lessons to be learned. Here are the five things we learned from Man City's Community Shield victory over Liverpool.
David Silva and Sergio Aguero both lift the Community Shield as Man City celebrate yet another trophy.
They've won the last five domestic trophies on offer. Oh my.
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