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So there we are: the annual curtain has been traditionally raised, and Liverpool and Man City are still pretty good. I’ve not a clue how we’ve got here but we’re here, so join us next weekend when the fun and frolics begin in earnest. Ta-ra.
Here’s Paul Doyle’s match report...
Aguero joins him, and the tickertape descends, somewhat apologetically. The players bounce about a bit and do all the usual.
Claudio Bravo looks happy after proving the old truism that dodgy keepers save penalties. Leroy Sane is there too, while David Silva prepares to lift the trophy.
Here come City to collect the famous old frisbee. Ilkay Gundogan leads them up, and Kyle Walker is in absolute floods of tears.
Steve McManaman wonders why Liverpool haven’t strengthened their attack, because their front three have played long seasons and can’t be expected to stay fit.
Up go Liverpool to get their losers’ medals, in front of roughly 28 people.
Robin van Persie is impressed with how Liverpool fought back following City’s strong first half. Rio Ferdinand is concerned about how Liverpool’s back four, one of the fastest in the league, played offside with such a high line. He reckons they should be chasing back.
He’s not sure that it’ll be a two-horse race for the league, though, because there are other good teams about.
“For me growing up the Community Shield was a big one,” says Kyle Walker. He really does; you and David Moyes baith, old mate.
Kevin de Bruyne, who has the bumfluffiest beard ever, says it was a really tough game and the openness tells you that the teams aren’t ready to go yet.
Liverpool will be pretty happy with that. You’d have expected City to be a little ahead of them given the respective pre-seasons, but both look ready to go.
MANCHESTER CITY WIN THE COMMUNITY SHIELD!
Jesus scores! Liverpool 4-5 Manchester City
Jesus places the ball to his left, and though Alisson went the right way he couldn’t get there.
Salah scores! Liverpool 4-4 Manchester City
Salah scores, curling it high to his left. But City are at match point, and Gabriel Jesus is walking forward.
Zinchenko scores! Liverpool 3-4 Manchester City
Alisson got hands on it, diving to his left, but it went through him and into the net.
Oxlade-Chamberlain scores! Liverpool 3-3 Manchester City
Excellent stuff, hammered high to his left. Bravo went the wrong way.
Foden scores! Liverpool 2-3 Manchester City
A confident penalty, whipped to his right as Alisson dives the wrong way.
Lallana scores! Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City
A good penalty, dragged carefully towards the bottom-left corner.
Bernardo Silva scores! Liverpool 1-2 Manchester City
Another good penalty, hammered into the bottom-right corner.
Bravo saves from Wijnaldum! Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City
A poor penalty, too close to Bravo, who dived to his right and punched it away.
Gundogan scores! Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City
He’s scored a penalty on this ground in a Champions League final, so the pressure of the Community Shield was never likely to get to him.
Shaqiri scores! Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
Good penalty, whacked to his right.
Liverpool will take the first penalty, Xherdan Shaqiri to be precise.
That was a cracking game, far more competitive than most Community Shields. City were the better team in the first half, but Liverpool ran them ragged in the second half and fully deserved Joel Matip’s equaliser.
Full time: Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City
Penalties it is.
90+4 min Bravo makes another good save, this time at his near post from Shaqiri. Liverpool have battered City in the second half.
90+3 min: Walker clears off the line from Salah! That was a brilliant, acrobatic piece of defending, a scissor-kick to clear off his own line after Salah headed the ball gently towards goal. His first shot was blocked by Stones, slidingin front of Bravo. The ball came back to Salah, who headed past Bravo towards the empty net. But Walker put on the afterburners to get back and clear spectacularly.
90+2 min Sterling makes a good run round the outside of the Liverpool defence, but his deflected cross is cleared by Gomez in the six-yard box.
90 min There will be four minutes of added time.