Arsenal beat Liverpool on penalties to lift FA Community Shield
Arsenal claimed the first silverware of the season after beating Premier League champions Liverpool 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out in the Community Shield at Wembley on Saturday. The match ended 1-1 at full-time and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang then scored the winning penalty as the FA Cup winners came out on top.
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- Published Date: 09:38 | 29 August 2020
- Modified Date: 09:38 | 29 August 2020
Arsenal beat Liverpool 5-4 on penalties on Saturday to lift the Community Shield, the curtain-raiser for the English domestic season, after the two sides played out a 1-1 draw on a chilly afternoon at Wembley.
Gunners captain and match goal-scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang blasted home the final kick of the afternoon to complete the north London side's second win over the league champions in the space of six weeks after a shortened summer break.
Mohamed Salah, Fabinho, match goal-scorer Takumi Minamino and Curtis Jones all scored for Liverpool in the shootout, but late substitute Rhian Brewster blasted his shot onto the bar.
Reiss Nelson, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Cedric Soares and David Luiz all scored for the Gunners, before Aubameyang finished the job to lift his second trophy within a month following the side's FA Cup final win over Chelsea on Aug. 1.