Arsenal defeated Manchester City and reached the top of the FA Community Shield.

Arsenal drew 1-1 against Manchester City in the 2023 Community Shield held at Wembley Stadium in London,메이저놀이터 England on the 7th (Korean time) and then won 4-1 in a penalty shootout.

The Community Shield is a match between the previous season’s English Premier League winners and FA Cup winners in a single match to determine the winner.

If the Premier League and FA Cup winners are the same, the second-placed team gets a chance to play, and this was the case this year.

Man City won the league, FA Cup, and UEFA Champions League last season, and Arsenal, who was second in the league, came out as a ‘pinch’ in the Community Shield and beat Man City to rise to the top.

Arsenal returned to the top of this competition after 3 years since 2020. With his 17th win in his career, he became second only to Manchester United, who won the 21st, in the most Community Shield championships.

Third is Liverpool, who have won 16 titles. Man City, who has won six championships, tried to regain supremacy in four years since 2019, but promised the next one.

In particular, Man City lost to Leicester City in 2021 and Liverpool in 2022 in the Community Shield, and this year, it knelt down to Arsenal and stayed in runner-up for three consecutive years.

The tight balance of 0 was first broken by Man City in the 32nd minute of the second half.

Cole Farmer, who received the ball dropped by Kevin Debrawiner with his head, made it 1-0 with a left-footed mid-range shot.

Arsenal struggled to equalize in the 11th minute of extra time in the second half.

Originally, 8 minutes of extra time were given in the second half of the game, but after that, more time passed due to player injury treatment, so ‘extra time in extra time’ was applied, and Arsenal’s equalizer came at that time.

Leandro Trosar’s shot was deflected off Manchester City defender Manuel Akanzi to equalize.

Eventually, the match continued until a penalty shootout. In Man City, De Bruyne’s shot hit the post and Rodri’s shot was blocked by the opponent’s goalkeeper, while Arsenal won 4-1 with all four kickers scoring, becoming the protagonist of this year’s Community Shield.