Liverpool won the Community Shield.
Mo Salah scored the winning goal from the penalty spot. PDO
Premier League season next weekend. The traditions of Brittifutis include that the title match between the reigning league champion and the cup winner is always played on the previous Saturday.
Even though it is “just” a friendly match covered with a handsome victory plate, Liverpool and Manchester City took the match seriously.
It was especially visible in the way the Managers behaved Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp were alive to the events on the field.
Klopp got to ventilate first because Trent Alexander-Arnold shot the Reds into the lead midway through the opening period. TAA got the ball From Mo Salah and sent it with a handsome stroke into the back corner.
City goalkeeper Ederson might have caught the ball in his jumps if not for an unlucky topper Nathan Ake would have easily changed the trajectory of the ball with his head on.
However, City rose to the level in the second period when he came on as a substitute Julian Alvarez the Liverpool player kicked the ball Adrián’s from the legs to the net. Initially, the situation was flagged as offside, but the VAR council stated by Phil Foden was clearly on the right side of the line.
VAR became the definitive decider when the field referee Craig Pawson did not observe By Ruben Dias obvious sleight of hand by Darwin Núñez in the butt.
In the video, however, I corrected that mistake as well, and Salah shot the following spot for sure into the bottom corner.
The Uruguayan Núñez completed the 3-1 final numbers in extra time at the end of a great passing pattern.
The hits were the first for both Núñez and Álvarez at their new clubs, but a sensational signing for City Erling Haaland couldn’t get the ball into the net even from an open spot.
It is the 16th Community Shield (formerly Charity Shield) in Liverpool’s history, and the first since 2006.