LONDON — Champions Manchester City beat FA Cup winners Manchester United 7-6 on penalties to win the Community Shield at Wembley on Saturday after the traditional season curtain-raiser finished level at 1-1.
United created a host of chances to take the lead and were rewarded when 20-year-old substitute Alejandro Garnacho ran through the City defence to slide the ball into the bottom corner of the net in the 82nd minute.
GARNACHO GIVES MAN UNITED THE LEAD! WHAT A FINISH pic.twitter.com/AOjJpViE3U
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Erik ten Hag's team looked on course to repeat their shock victory over City in last season's FA Cup final but midfielder Bernardo Silva netted a minute from time to send the match to penalties.
BERNARDO SILVA @ManCity's man with a late leveller in the Manchester Derby! #CommunityShield pic.twitter.com/zLkRqfUeGN
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Manuel Akanji scored the decisive penalty for City after Silva had earlier missed a spot-kick in the shootout.
AKANJI WINS IT! @ManCity are your 2024 #CommunityShield winners pic.twitter.com/2EoMZu55aG
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The first silverware of the season @ManCity are your 2024 #CommunityShield winners pic.twitter.com/XaPNQmT02q
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City won the trophy for the first time since 2019 to end a run of defeats in Community Shield matches, following losses to Arsenal last season, Liverpool in 2022 and Leicester City in 2021.
(Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru;, editing by Ed Osmond)