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2021 FA Community Shield
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The 2021 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield supported by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 99th FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League, Manchester City, and the winners of the previous season's FA Cup, Leicester City.[3] This was Manchester City's first FA Community Shield appearance since 2019 when they beat Liverpool 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw, and Leicester's first since losing 2–1 to Manchester United in the 2016 edition. The game was played on 7 August 2021 at Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London, with Leicester beating Manchester City 1–0 with a 89th-minute penalty by Kelechi Iheanacho.[4]

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Arsenal were the defending champions as winners of the 2020 FA Community Shield, but did not qualify for this edition, as they failed to win either the Premier League or FA Cup. The match was televised live on ITV. It was the first time the FA Community Shield went free-to-air on television since the 2012 FA Community Shield, which was also shown on ITV.[5]

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Background

Leicester City won their first FA Cup title after beating Chelsea 1–0 in the final.[6] They were appearing in their third FA Community Shield match, having won one (1971), and lost one (2016).

Manchester City won their third Premier League title in four years under the management of Pep Guardiola, after derby rivals Manchester United lost 2–1 to Leicester City at Old Trafford on 11 May 2021.[7] They were appearing in their 13th match, having won six (1937, 1968, 1972, 2012, 2018, 2019), and lost six (1934, 1956, 1969, 1973, 2011, 2014).

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Match

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Summary

In the first half, Steffen managed to save a shot from Vardy with his trailing right foot while diving to the left, with ball coming back off the left post. In the last minute of the match Leicester were awarded a penalty when Aké tripped former City forward Kelechi Iheanacho in the penalty area after he had failed to control a pass from Rodri.[8] Iheanacho scored the penalty left-footed to the right of the net to win the game 1–0.[9] This was the first time that a team from outside the so-called Big Six had won the Charity/Community Shield since 1995, when Everton beat Blackburn Rovers.[10]

Details

More information Leicester City, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 45,602
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Leicester City[11]
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Manchester City[11]
GK1Denmark Kasper Schmeichel (c)
RB21Portugal Ricardo Pereira
CB18Ghana Daniel Amartey
CB4Turkey Çağlar Söyüncü
LB5England Ryan BertrandYellow card 50'downward-facing red arrow 78'
CM8Belgium Youri Tielemansdownward-facing red arrow 72'
CM25Nigeria Wilfred Ndidi
RW17Spain Ayoze Pérezdownward-facing red arrow 71'
AM10England James Maddisondownward-facing red arrow 71'
LW7England Harvey Barnesdownward-facing red arrow 79'
CF9England Jamie Vardydownward-facing red arrow 71'
Substitutes:
GK12Wales Danny Ward
DF16Croatia Filip Benković
DF33England Luke Thomasupward-facing green arrow 78'
MF11England Marc Albrightonupward-facing green arrow 71'
MF20England Hamza Choudhury
MF22England Kiernan Dewsbury-Hallupward-facing green arrow 71'
MF42France Boubakary Soumaréupward-facing green arrow 72'
FW14Nigeria Kelechi Iheanachoupward-facing green arrow 79'
FW29Zambia Patson Dakaupward-facing green arrow 71'
Manager:
Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers
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GK13United States Zack Steffen
RB27Portugal João Cancelo
CB3Portugal Rúben Dias Yellow card 87'
CB6Netherlands Nathan Aké
LB22France Benjamin Mendy
CM80England Cole Palmer downward-facing red arrow 74'
CM25Brazil Fernandinho (c) Yellow card 87'
CM8Germany İlkay Gündoğan downward-facing red arrow 65'
RF26Algeria Riyad Mahrez
CF21Spain Ferran Torres downward-facing red arrow 74'
LF53England Samuel Edozie downward-facing red arrow 65'
Substitutes:
GK33England Scott Carson
DF34Netherlands Philippe Sandler
DF39Brazil Yan Couto
MF10England Jack Grealish upward-facing green arrow 65'
MF16Spain Rodri upward-facing green arrow 65'
MF20Portugal Bernardo Silva upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF69England Tommy Doyle
MF81France Claudio Gomes
MF96England Ben Knight upward-facing green arrow 74'
Manager:
Spain Pep GuardiolaYellow card 41'

Man of the Match:
Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Ian Hussin (Liverpool)
Neil Davies (London)
Fourth official:[2]
Peter Bankes (Liverpool)
Reserve assistant referee:[2]
Nick Hopton (Derbyshire)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Darren England (Sheffield & Hallamshire)
Assistant video assistant referee:[2]
Dan Robathan (Norfolk)

Match rules[12]

  • 90 minutes
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Nine named substitutes, of which six may be used
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Post-match

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Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers spoke to BBC Radio Leicester about winning the Community Shield for the first time: "There was a great feeling coming here today. Every Leicester player, fan, staff member coming here, it was a really special feeling. We wanted to take that into the game and keep that feeling going, and thankfully we've done that." Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola congratulated Leicester on their win and said, "I am more than satisfied with how we played. Many things were really good, the young players were excellent. We got minutes for players so in general, many good things." Guardiola gave debuts to academy players Cole Palmer, Samuel Edozie and Ben Knight; Edozie and Palmer started the match and Knight came off the bench to replace Ferran Torres in the 74th minute.[11]

Leicester City started their 2021–22 Premier League campaign with a 1–0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at the King Power Stadium, with Jamie Vardy scoring the only goal in the 41st minute,[13] while Manchester City began the defence of their league title at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium where they faced Tottenham Hotspur; they lost 1–0 to a Son Heung-min goal in the 55th minute, giving new Tottenham Hotspur head coach Nuno Espírito Santo his first win in charge of the club. Manchester City's record signing Jack Grealish made his first start for the club in that match.[14]

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