MARTIN KEOWN: Mikel Arteta has Arsenal so well trained

Say what you want about Community Shield, whether you think it’s a trophy or a glorified friendly, but the act of securing silverware is never a bad habit.

Mikel Arteta will happily take this victory and he deserves great recognition. In the last 50 days, Arsenal beat Liverpool (twice), Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final and Chelsea in the final.

The players only had a handful of training sessions together in preparation, but we saw that a well-trained team caused Jurgen Klopp’s team problems. You could see the philosophy behind the first goal as Arsenal went back and forth in less than 20 seconds.

Mikel Arteta deserves credit after leading Arsenal to beat Liverpool in the Community Shield

It was a wonderful cross pass from 18-year-old Bukayo Saka, who makes such smart decisions for his age, to striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Then left back Kieran Tierney made an overlap run while left back Ainsley Maitland-Niles overlapped.

Using the space in front of him, Aubameyang duly found the far corner, just as Thierry Henry would have.

The Spaniard has given Arsenal an identity by winning a second straight game at Wembley

There was a real identity in this performance under Arteta.

His back three was robust and you wonder if that’s the system he’s ready with. Mohamed Elneny returned from his loan to Besiktas looking confident in midfield alongside Granit Xhaka.

Emiliano Martínez seems worthy of being Arsenal’s starting goalkeeper ahead of Bernd Leno. Of course, we’re all wondering if Aubameyang will stick around and, judging from Saturday, it seems more likely that he will. This was a good day for Arsenal de Arteta.