2020 FA Community Shield
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The 2020 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield supported by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League, Liverpool, and the previous season's FA Cup, Arsenal, with the latter winning on penalties after a 1–1 draw.[3] This was the fourth Charity Shield/Community Shield contested between the two clubs: Liverpool won in 1979 and 1989, while Arsenal were victorious in 2002.[4]
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Arsenal won 5–4 on penalties | |||||||
Date | 29 August 2020 (2020-08-29) | ||||||
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Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
Man of the Match | Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal)[1] | ||||||
Referee | Andre Marriner (Birmingham)[2] | ||||||
Attendance | 0[note 1] | ||||||
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The match was televised live on BT Sport 1, BT Sport Extra 1 and BT Sport Ultimate,[5] with highlights shown later on Match of the Day on BBC One.[6] Radio commentary was provided by Sam Matterface and Trevor Sinclair on Talksport.[7] The game was played behind closed doors on 29 August 2020 at Wembley Stadium and followed the Women's Community Shield match at the same venue, thus forming the first Community Shield double-header.[8][9]