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2022 FA Community Shield

2022 FA Community Shield
The match programme cover
Liverpool Manchester City
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Date30 July 2022
VenueKing Power Stadium, Leicester
Man of the MatchDarwin Núñez (Liverpool)[1]
RefereeCraig Pawson (Sheffield & Hallamshire)[2]
Attendance28,545[3]
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The 2022 FA Community Shield was the 100th FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and the winners of the previous season's FA Cup. It was played on 30 July 2022, with Liverpool defeating Manchester City 3–1 for their 16th FA Community Shield title, the first in 16 years.[4]

Due to the hosting of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final, the match took place away from the usual Wembley Stadium for the first time in 10 years, and was instead played at Leicester City's King Power Stadium.[5] With the match played at the much-reduced capacity of Leicester City's stadium, there were 28,545 spectators, the lowest number for a Charity Shield or Community Shield game since 23,988 watched Burnley beat Manchester City 1–0 at Maine Road in 1973.[3]

The game was televised live in the United Kingdom on ITV.[6]

Background

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Main articles: 2021–22 Liverpool F.C. season and 2021–22 Manchester City F.C. season

Liverpool obtained their FA Community Shield position by virtue of their victory in the 2021–22 FA Cup, having defeated Chelsea 6–5 on penalties following a 0–0 draw a.e.t. in the final.[7] Manchester City won their spot after winning the 2021–22 Premier League. This was a rematch of the 2019 Community Shield, which Manchester City had won on penalties.[8]

Match

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Summary

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In the 21st minute, Mohamed Salah passed to Trent Alexander-Arnold from the right and he opened the scoring with a curling effort from the edge of the box which took a slight deflection off Nathan Aké and nestled in the left corner of the net. With twenty minutes to go, Manchester City equalised when Julián Álvarez scored by poking the ball into the net from close range after Liverpool goalkeeper Adrián had initially saved a shot from substitute Phil Foden.[9] The goal was awarded after a lengthy VAR check. With seven minutes left, Liverpool were awarded a penalty after Rúben Dias had handled a header from substitute Darwin Núñez with his right hand inside the penalty area. Salah scored the penalty with a low shot to the right corner.[10] In the fourth minute of injury time, Núñez made it 3–1 when he stooped low to head the ball to the net after the ball was headed down to him from the left by Andrew Robertson after an initial cross from the right by Salah.[11]

Details

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Liverpool3–1Manchester City
 Report
King Power Stadium, Leicester
Attendance: 28,545[3]
Referee: Craig Pawson (Sheffield & Hallamshire)
Liverpool
Manchester City
GK 13 Spain Adrián
RB 66 England Trent Alexander-Arnold downward-facing red arrow 74'
CB 32 Cameroon Joël Matip
CB 4 Netherlands Virgil van Dijk
LB 26 Scotland Andrew Robertson
CM 14 England Jordan Henderson (c) downward-facing red arrow 73'
CM 3 Brazil Fabinho
CM 6 Spain Thiago Alcântara downward-facing red arrow 85'
RF 11 Egypt Mohamed Salah downward-facing red arrow 90+5'
CF 9 Brazil Roberto Firmino downward-facing red arrow 59'
LF 23 Colombia Luis Díaz downward-facing red arrow 90'
Substitutes:
GK 95 England Harvey Davies
DF 2 England Joe Gomez
DF 5 France Ibrahima Konaté
MF 7 England James Milner upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 8 Guinea Naby Keïta upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF 17 England Curtis Jones upward-facing green arrow 90+5'
MF 19 England Harvey Elliott upward-facing green arrow 73'
FW 27 Uruguay Darwin Núñez Yellow card 90+5' upward-facing green arrow 59'
FW 28 Portugal Fábio Carvalho upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
Germany Jürgen Klopp
GK 31 Brazil Ederson
RB 2 England Kyle Walker
CB 3 Portugal Rúben Dias (c) Yellow card 83'
CB 6 Netherlands Nathan Aké
LB 7 Portugal João Cancelo
CM 17 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne downward-facing red arrow 73'
CM 16 Spain Rodri
CM 20 Portugal Bernardo Silva
RF 26 Algeria Riyad Mahrez downward-facing red arrow 58'
CF 9 Norway Erling Haaland
LF 10 England Jack Grealish downward-facing red arrow 58'
Substitutes:
GK 18 Germany Stefan Ortega
DF 5 England John Stones
DF 79 England Luke Mbete
DF 97 England Josh Wilson-Esbrand
MF 4 England Kalvin Phillips
MF 8 Germany İlkay Gündoğan upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 47 England Phil Foden upward-facing green arrow 58'
MF 80 England Cole Palmer
FW 19 Argentina Julián Álvarez upward-facing green arrow 58'
Manager:
Spain Pep Guardiola

Man of the Match:
Darwin Núñez (Liverpool)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Harry Lennard (Sussex)
Nick Hopton (Derbyshire)
Fourth official:[2]
Darren England (Sheffield & Hallamshire)
Reserve assistant referee:[2]
Tim Wood (Gloucestershire)
Video assistant referee:[2]
John Brooks (Leicestershire)
Assistant video assistant referee:[2]
Lee Betts (Norfolk)

Match rules[12]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Hafez, Shamoon (30 July 2022). "Liverpool 3–1 Manchester City". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Craig Pawson to referee Liverpool v Manchester City in FA Community Shield". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Liverpool vs. Manchester City – Football Match Summary – July 30, 2022 – ESPN". ESPN.com. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Nunez scores as Liverpool win Community Shield". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Leicester set to host Community Shield with curtain-raiser to be moved from Wembley". talkSPORT. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  6. ^ "BT Sport loses FA Cup rights to ITV from 2021". Sports Mole. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  7. ^ Robson, James; Verri, Matt (14 May 2022). "Chelsea vs Liverpool: FA Cup final – LIVE!". Evening Standard. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Liverpool 1 Man City 1 (Man city win 5-4 on penalties): as it happened". Guardian. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Liverpool 3 Man City 1: As it happened". The Guardian. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Liverpool 3–1 Man City: Darwin Nunez's dramatic late cameo helps Reds to Community Shield win". Sky Sports. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Liverpool 3 Man City 1: Live". BBC Sport. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Rules of the Football Association Community Shield" (PDF). TheFA.com. The Football Association. Retrieved 6 August 2017.