2023-08-06 20:07:46
06/08/2023 15:07hs.
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, who last season swept their treble of titles (Premier, Champions and FA Cup), could not beat Arsenal and were defeated on penalties in the Community Shield. In this way, the trend of recent years is confirmed: it is the third consecutive final that the Citizens have lost in the match that officially opens the competition in England.
In a game that had a slower pace than is usually seen in the Premier, Julián Álvarez started for City. However, neither he nor Haaland found a clear chance to score. Even, Guardiola decided to take out the Norwegian before the Araña. However, when it seemed that he had the trophy in his pocket, Arsenal tied it 1-1 at the last minute and defeated him 4-1 in the shootout from 12 steps.
As said, it was the third Community Shield in a row that Guardiola’s team lost. In the 2021 edition they lost to Leicester and last year it was a 3-1 defeat against Liverpool. That day, City’s partial tie had been scored by Julián Álvarez (the first of his account in Manchester), and this Sunday the title escaped the Argentine champion of everything in the 22-23 season.
Julián started and played the entire game (REUTERS).
How was the history of the Community Shield
With this new star, Arsenal reached 17 Community Shield victories and is the second most winning team in history, behind Manchester United (21). City is in sixth place in that ranking, with six titles and eight lost finals! With Guardiola on the bench, he fell three times and won it twice, in 2018 and 2019.
Arsenal champion of the Community Shield (AFP).
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