2011 FA Community Shield

The 2011 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 89th FA Community Shield, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. The match was the 160th Manchester derby between Manchester United and Manchester City and played at Wembley Stadium, London, on 7 August 2011.^[3] Manchester United won the game 3–2, with goals from Chris Smalling and Nani (2), after Joleon Lescott and Edin Džeko had put City 2–0 up at half-time.^[4]

2011 FA Community Shield

The match programme cover
Manchester City Manchester United 2 3
Date	7 August 2011
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Nani (Manchester United)
Referee	Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)[1]
Attendance	77,169
Weather	Rain 16 °C (61 °F)[2]
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Manchester United qualified to take part for the fifth consecutive year by winning the 2010–11 Premier League title and Manchester City qualified by winning the 2010–11 FA Cup. United successfully defended the shield to win it for the fourth time in five years, having beaten Chelsea 3–1 in the 2010 match.

Background

The two teams lining up for the national anthem

This was only the second occasion the two teams had met in the competition, with the first being the 1956 FA Charity Shield, which United won 1–0. Both teams secured their place in the 2011 Community Shield on the same day, 14 May 2011, when United clinched the 2010–11 Premier League title with a 1–1 draw against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park and City beating Stoke City 1–0 a few hours later in the 2011 FA Cup final.

Match details

Manchester City	2–3	Manchester United
Lescott 38' Džeko 45+1'	Report	Smalling 52' Nani 58', 90+4'

7 August 2011

14:30 BST

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 77,169

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)^[1]

Manchester City

Manchester United

GK 25 Joe Hart RB 2 Micah Richards  22' CB 4 Vincent Kompany (c) CB 6 Joleon Lescott LB 13 Aleksandar Kolarov  60'  73' CM 34 Nigel de Jong CM 7 James Milner  55'  67' AM 42 Yaya Touré  34' RW 21 David Silva LW 45 Mario Balotelli  59' CF 10 Edin Džeko  19' Substitutes: GK 12 Stuart Taylor DF 15 Stefan Savić DF 22 Gaël Clichy  73' MF 8 Shaun Wright-Phillips MF 11 Adam Johnson  67' MF 18 Gareth Barry  59' FW 16 Sergio Agüero Manager: Roberto Mancini

GK 1 David de Gea RB 12 Chris Smalling CB 5 Rio Ferdinand  46' CB 15 Nemanja Vidić (c)  46' LB 3 Patrice Evra  40'  71' RM 17 Nani CM 16 Michael Carrick  46' CM 8 Anderson  19' LM 18 Ashley Young CF 10 Wayne Rooney CF 19 Danny Welbeck  89' Substitutes: GK 34 Anders Lindegaard DF 4 Phil Jones  46' DF 21 Rafael  71' DF 23 Jonny Evans  46' MF 13 Park Ji-sung MF 35 Tom Cleverley  46' FW 9 Dimitar Berbatov  89' Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

Man of the match Nani (Manchester United)[5] Match officials Assistant referees: Simon Long (Cornwall)[1] Andrew Garratt (Staffordshire)[1] Fourth official: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)[1] Reserve official: Scott Ledger (South Yorkshire)[1]

Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores level after 90 minutes Seven named substitutes Maximum of six substitutions

Statistics

	City	United
Total shots	8	21
Shots on target	6	12
Ball possession	44%	56%
Corner kicks	8	7
Fouls committed	14	11
Offsides	2	1
Yellow cards	5	2
Red cards	0	0

Source: BBC Sport^[4]

See also

• 2010–11 Premier League
• 2010–11 FA Cup
• Manchester derby
• 1956 FA Charity Shield – the only previous occasion the Charity or Community Shield has been contested by the two Manchester clubs