Last season Emirates FaCup winners Arsenal Fc Faced Off with the Champions of English Premier League 2019/2020 season, Liverpool at the Wembley stadium in London for the traditional FA Community Shield Trophy… With Arsenal emerged Champions!!
The match which kicked off by 4:30pm at the Wembley Stadium was held behind closed doors…
Gunners Skipper Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a beautiful goal in the 12th minute as he curled in, into the far corner to give Arsenal the Lead…., The halftime ended 1 goal to nil, as Liverpool couldn’t get a way through…
By the turn of the second half…., Liverpool mount the pressure on Arsenal and in the 73rd minute, Liverpool got their equalizer courtesy of Takumi Minamino’s strike after a loosed ball fell on his path inside the box 18….
The match ended 1:1 with either side unable to get the winning goal. The contest was finally decided by the penalty shootout, as Mikel Arteta’s men triumphed 5:4 on penalties… The Gunners converted all their sport kick, as Liverpool’s youngster Rhian Brewster hit the post giving Liverpool their only miss of the evening.
The victory will definitely serve as a moral booster for the season opener… as the new EPL 2020/2021 season commences on the 12th of September, which will see Arsenal face of with league’s new comer Fulham at Craven Cottage.
Liverpool however will want to move on from the defeat and hope to begin the new season with a victory when they host Leeds United at the Anfield for their season opener.
The Gunners will derive so much positives from the victory as they shape up for the season ahead. Big Congratulations to Arsenal Football Club and all the best with their quest for the new season!….. from this end.
Written By; Olukayode Olumuyiwa
DDuperSuperMan 