Man City vs Manchester United LIVE: Community Shield result and reaction after Akanji scores winning penalty
Manchester City needed a penalty shootout to beat Manchester United in the Community Shield
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City secured their first Community Shield win since 2019, with Manuel Akanji scoring the decisive eighth penalty against local rivals Manchester United.
The game started off in a slow fashion, with Alejandro Garnacho breaking the deadlock in the 82nd minute with a stunning strike, before Bernardo Silva equalised with just a minute of normal time to take the game to penalties at Wembley.
There were just two misses from Bernardo Silva and Jadon Sancho in the first five penalties, which included a goal from Ederson, before it went to sudden death.
Jonny Evans did not look confident stepping up for his side’s eighth and ended up firing over the bar, while Akanji rolled his into the back of the net to give Pep Guardiola’s side the victory.
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Manchester United have agreed a £42m fee with Bayern Munich for Matthijs de Ligt and are set to make the Netherlands defender their third summer signing.
De Ligt, who captained the Ajax team Erik ten Hag took to the Champions League semi-finals in 2019, is likely to become the second centre-back United have bought this year, after Leny Yoro.
The 24-year-old has been a target throughout the transfer window and United, who were reluctant to pay a huge fee, reached a breakthrough in talks with Bayern.
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Jonny misses from the spot as City beat United to Community Shield title
A horror moment for Manchester United veteran Jonny Evans gifted the Community Shield to Manchester City after a penalty shoot-out.
Evans lifted his spot-kick over the crossbar before Manuel Akanji tucked in the winning penalty as Pep Guardiola’s side secured the first silverware of the season.
Alejandro Garnacho thought he had inflicted more Wembley misery on the four-time Premier League winners when he repeated his FA Cup final goalscoring heroics from just 77 days earlier with nine minutes remaining.
Jonny misses from the spot as City beat United to Community Shield title
Evans missed the decisive kick.
Man City 1-1 Manchester United: 7-6 on pens - MAN CITY WIN THE COMMUNITY SHIELD
United’s focus will now turn to their first Premier League match, which takes place this Friday.
They play Fulham in the Premier League opener at Old Trafford – that game kicks off at 8pm BST on Friday, 16 August.
Man City 1-1 Manchester United: 7-6 on pens - MAN CITY WIN THE COMMUNITY SHIELD
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is last to speak to ITV. He says it was a “tough result to take”.
“When the performance is right, when you lose, everyone feels this. It hurts in your stomach. You have to feel pain and we have to hurt. We have to take this belief in to the league.
“We did very good to produce the second goal in the FA Cup final before half-time and weren’t able to do that here,” he adds.
On Jadon Sancho, he says that the England winger “is a very good penalty taker and today he missed but that is part of the game”.
“We managed to be on an equal level with Man City and got [Marcus] Rashford high on the pitch and good defending. We created chances, we got pressure in the ball and in possession we had some very good chances from this, so there are many positives we can take,” he adds.
Man City 1-1 Manchester United: 7-6 on pens - MAN CITY WIN THE COMMUNITY SHIELD
City have their seventh Community Shield win, after victories in 1937, 1968, 1972, 2012, 2018 and 2019.
They begin their season a week on Sunday, as they return to London to play Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
That match kicks off at 4.30pm BST on Sunday, 18 August.
Man City 1-1 Manchester United: 7-6 on pens - MAN CITY WIN THE COMMUNITY SHIELD
Guardiola is next to speak to ITV.
“At this stage of the season, in Manchester I know what it means for the fans,” he says. “To start the season with a title is good”.
“I love the personality to take it, and he did it,” he says about Akanji. Regarding Ederson, he says that the Brazilian is “our best penalty taker, alongside Erling and Kevin”.
On Bobb, he says: “What action. He’s really good in small spaces, his work ethic is so aggressive”.
“[It was] a difficult game, and after 35 [minutes], we lost a lot of balls, and in transitions they are one of the best teams in the world,” he continues.
“The lesson is…it’s nice to play this game becausew you won something in the lats season. Now we see how the players come back, try and create a routine.
“The target is not to win the Premier League, but the next game.”
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Man City 1-1 Manchester United: 7-6 on pens - MAN CITY WIN THE COMMUNITY SHIELD
Oscar Bobb, who was awarded man of the match, is the next to speak to ITV. He says it’s a “great feeling” to win today.
“[It’s] the first time we’ve won it in three or four years, so it’s amazing,” he says.
“I think the belief, all the way through we had it, we kept going, and then it [the goal] came.
“I though it was going to be Erling, but Bernardo was there,” he adds
He’s asked if Ederson is the best penalty taker at City, to which he replies: “I haven’t seen him miss!“
“It’s another trophy, its a great start,” he says as he’s given the MOTM award.
Trophy number 18 for Man City under Pep Guardiola. Not a bad return.
Man City 1-1 Manchester United: 7-6 on pens - MAN CITY WIN THE COMMUNITY SHIELD
Manuel Akanji was the first player to speak to ITV after the match, and he calls it “a great start to the season”.
“I let the others shoot first because obviously when you miss a penalty [as he did against England at Euro 2024], you don’t go into the next one with that much confidence. I told Ederson I would shoot it down the middle in training so I did it and it went in.
“It wasn’t easy. We played well, United got a bit better before it went to 1-0. Then it was a great cross from Oscar [Bobb] and Bernardo’s header.
“Ederson is probably the best penalty taker in our team, Erling [Haaland] as well. When Ederson takes the penalty I know it is a goal.
“I haven’t won the Community Shield yet so I’m really happy that I got this trophy as well and we look forward to hopefully win the next one soon.”
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