2023 FA Community Shield

The 2023 FA Community Shield was the 101st FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. It took place at Wembley Stadium on 6 August 2023.^[3] As Manchester City won both the 2022–23 Premier League and the 2022–23 FA Cup, their opponents were the Premier League runners-up, Arsenal.

2023 FA Community Shield

The match programme cover
Arsenal Manchester City 1 1
Arsenal won 4–1 on penalties
Date	6 August 2023
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Leandro Trossard (Arsenal)^[1]
Referee	Stuart Attwell (Birmingham)^[2]
Attendance	81,145
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Arsenal won 4–1 on penalties after a 1–1 draw within 90 minutes.^[1] This was Arsenal's first competitive trophy since winning the 2020 FA Community Shield, making City the first club to lose three Community Shield matches in a row since cross-city rival Manchester United's four between 1998 and 2001.^[4] Arsenal also became the first Community Shield winners not to win either the league or FA Cup the previous season since Manchester United in 2010.

The match was initially planned to kick-off at 17:30 BST, however this was met with criticism from Manchester City fans who complained about its possible disruption to travelling to the match. Therefore, The Football Association moved kick-off to 16:00 instead on the same day.^[5] The match was televised live on ITV1 and ITVX.^[6]

Liverpool were the defending champions, but they did not qualify for this edition, having failed to win either the Premier League or FA Cup.

Background

Main articles: 2022–23 Arsenal F.C. season and 2022–23 Manchester City F.C. season

 

Wembley Stadium in London hosted the match

Manchester City qualified for the 2023 FA Community Shield as winners of the 2022–23 Premier League.^[7] The club later faced local rivals Manchester United in the 2023 FA Cup final, on course to complete a continental treble.^[8] Manchester City defeated Erik ten Hag's side to win their seventh FA Cup and as a result, Arsenal qualified for the 2023 FA Community Shield as Premier League runners-up. This was a rematch of the 1934 FA Charity Shield and 2014 FA Community Shield, which Arsenal won 4–0^[9] and 3–0,^[10] respectively.

Arsenal were the home team of the match. The match returned to the home of English football in its 100th anniversary year after the 2022 edition was re-located to Leicester City's King Power Stadium due to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final.^[11][12][13]

Match

Summary

In the 77th minute, Cole Palmer put Manchester City into the lead after he received the ball on the right-hand side and then cut inside before curling a left-footed shot from just inside the penalty area into the left-hand corner of the net past Aaron Ramsdale. Leandro Trossard equalised for Arsenal in the 11th minute of stoppage time, after he tried an effort from just inside the penalty area which took a heavy deflection off defender Manuel Akanji which wrong-footed goalkeeper Stefan Ortega and ended up in the back of the net to make it 1–1 late on and send the match to a penalty shoot-out. Kevin De Bruyne and Rodri both missed their penalties, which led to Fábio Vieira scoring the winning penalty in the top left corner for Arsenal to win their fifth Community Shield in ten years.^[14]

Details

6 August 2023 (2023-08-06)

16:00 BST

Arsenal	1–1	Manchester City
Trossard   90+11'	Report	Palmer   77'
Penalties
Ødegaard   Trossard   Saka   Vieira	4–1	De Bruyne   Silva   Rodri

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 81,145

Referee: Stuart Attwell (Birmingham)

Arsenal

Manchester City

GK 1   Aaron Ramsdale RB 4   Ben White CB 2   William Saliba CB 6   Gabriel Magalhães   66'   87' LB 12   Jurriën Timber   76' CM 41   Declan Rice   81' CM 5   Thomas Partey   8' RW 7   Bukayo Saka AM 8   Martin Ødegaard (c) LW 11   Gabriel Martinelli   75' CF 29   Kai Havertz   27'   87' Substitutes: GK 30   Matt Turner DF 3   Kieran Tierney   76' DF 15   Jakub Kiwior DF 16   Rob Holding DF 18   Takehiro Tomiyasu MF 10   Emile Smith Rowe   87' MF 21   Fábio Vieira   87' FW 14   Eddie Nketiah   81' FW 19   Leandro Trossard   75' Manager:   Mikel Arteta   17'

GK 18   Stefan Ortega RB 2   Kyle Walker (c) CB 5   John Stones CB 3   Rúben Dias LB 25   Manuel Akanji CM 16   Rodri CM 8   Mateo Kovačić   64' RW 20   Bernardo Silva AM 19   Julián Álvarez   31' LW 10   Jack Grealish   58' CF 9   Erling Haaland   64' Substitutes: GK 31   Ederson DF 14   Aymeric Laporte DF 21   Sergio Gómez DF 82   Rico Lewis MF 4   Kalvin Phillips MF 17   Kevin De Bruyne   64' MF 47   Phil Foden   58' MF 80   Cole Palmer   64' MF 87   James McAtee Manager:   Pep Guardiola

Man of the Match: Leandro Trossard (Arsenal)^[1] Assistant referees:^[2] Tim Wood (Gloucestershire) Dan Robathan (Norfolk) Fourth official:^[2] John Brooks (Leicestershire) Reserve assistant referee:^[2] Steve Meredith (Nottinghamshire) Video assistant referee:^[2] Michael Salisbury (Lancashire) Assistant video assistant referee:^[2] Neil Davies (London)

Match rules^[15] 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes, of which six may be used

References

1. Rose, Gary (6 August 2023). "Arsenal 1–1 Manchester City (4–1 on pens): Gunners win shootout to secure Community Shield". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
2. "The team of match officials for the 2023 FA Community Shield have been confirmed". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
3. "Manchester City to play Arsenal in the 2023 FA Community Shield at Wembley Stadium". The Football Association. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
4. Defri Saefullah (29 August 2020). "5 Fakta Menarik Community Shield: Rekor Masih Milik Manchester United". Liputan6.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 7 August 2023.
5. "Community Shield: Kick-off time brought forward by 90 minutes after fan complaints". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
6. "ITV1 and ITVX to air 2023 Community Shield live". ITV. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
7. Thomas-Humphreys, Harry (3 June 2023). "Who do Manchester City play in the Community Shield 2023?". Metro. DMG Media. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
8. "FA Cup final: Pep Guardiola talks treble at last after Man City beat Man Utd thanks to Ilkay Gundogan's double". Sky Sports. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
9. "Arsenal Win The F.A. Charity Shield". The Times. 29 November 1934. p. 6.
10. Sanghera, Mandeep (10 August 2014). "Arsenal 3–0 Manchester City". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
11. "The 2023 FA Community Shield". Wembley Stadium. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
12. "News and Video Highlights – Arsenal vs. Man City". Sky Sports. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
13. "The FA Community Shield Scores & Fixtures". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
14. "Arsenal 1 Man City 1 (4-1 on pens): As it happened". Guardian. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
15. "Rules of the Football Association Community Shield" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

External links

 

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