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Saturday’s game at Wembley Stadium ended in a 1-1 draw.
Arsenal’s Rees Nelson, Ansley Maitland-Niles, Cedric Soares, David Lewis and Pierre-Emerick Abameyang scored in the tiebreaker. Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Fabinio, Takumi Minamino and Curtis Jones scored; Ryan Brister couldn’t hit the crossbar.
Liverpool (1979 and 1989) had won the Community Shield twice in three previous meetings. Arsenal won once (2002).
The League Champion and the FA Cup Champion face off in Community Shield. Manchester United have won a record 21 titles in this competition. Arsenal came in second with 16 titles. Third Liverpool with 15 trophies.
League champions Liverpool kept the pressure on the Arsenal defense from the start. Defender Virgil von Dyke caught the ball in the net in the seventh minute touching his teammate’s free kick. But the goal was not scored offside.
FA Cup champions Arsenal had their first chance in the 12th minute. Abameyang finished off the goal with a great shot with his right foot slightly ahead with control of Bukayo Sakar extended center from the left side.
Even in the second half, the Premier League champions were unable to test the Arsenal goalkeeper. Robert Firmino-Mohamed Salah-Sadio Mane was not in the attack.
Firmino’s shot went wide off the post and wasted a good chance in the 56th minute. The Senegalese striker broke the offside trap and took the goalkeeper.
In the 63rd minute, the equality relay returned to the Liverpool field. Minamino put the ball in the hands of one of the Arsenal men in the middle of the D-box; The Japanese striker easily hit the target from the goal. Despite seeing the VAR, the referee confirmed the goal decision without handball.
In the seventh minute, his teammate’s extended ball reached his chest and advanced to his knees, but could not hit the target. Goalkeeper Martinez ran in and blocked his way.
The rest of the time no one scored a winning goal and the match ended in a tiebreaker. Liverpool’s Brister’s shot went off the crossbar. This is the gap between the two teams.
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