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Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool Player Ratings: Gunners hold nerve to secure shootout win

by Ben McAleer at Saturday, Aug 29 2020 18:50
Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool Player Ratings: Gunners hold nerve to secure shootout win Arsenal followed up their FA Cup success with a penalty shootout win over Liverpool in the 2020/21 curtain raiser as they landed the Community Shield for the 16th time. Rhian Brewster's penalty miss proved crucial after the pair played out a 1-1 draw in normal time, as Takumi Minamino came off the b...
Categories: Match Report

Five Facts: Need-to-know Community Shield stats for Arsenal vs Liverpool

by Ben McAleer at Saturday, Aug 29 2020 09:35
Five Facts: Need-to-know Community Shield stats for Arsenal vs Liverpool It feels like only yesterday that the 2019/20 Premier League season drew to a close and we're already on the cusp of a new campaign. The Community Shield is the traditional curtain raiser in English football and with Arsenal taking on Liverpool at Wembley, we pick out five need-to-know facts ahead o...
Categories: Match Focus

Four Key Battles in Sunday's Community Shield Encounter

by Ben McAleer at Saturday, Aug 6 2016 16:00
Four Key Battles in Sunday's Community Shield Encounter The Community Shield signals the return of the Premier League. Last season’s champions face off against the FA Cup holders in the curtain raiser for the coming campaign. Sunday will therefore pit Leicester against Manchester United at Wembley as they meet for the first time since the 1-1 draw ...
Categories: Match Focus

Player Focus: Community Shield Display Hints at More to Come from Oxlade-Chamberlain

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Aug 3 2015 14:30
Player Focus: Community Shield Display Hints at More to Come from Oxlade-Chamberlain It was a goal that had been a long time coming, it must be said. When Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain cut onto his left foot and rifled past Thibaut Courtois in Sunday’s Community Shield win over Chelsea, the Englishman’s goal ended Arsenal’s run of 506 minutes without finding the back of ...
Categories: Player Focus

Match Focus: Four Key Battles Ahead of Sunday's Community Shield

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Jul 31 2015 14:30
Match Focus: Four Key Battles Ahead of Sunday's Community Shield Widely deemed as the English campaign's curtain raiser, the Community Shield takes to TV screens on Sunday as FA Cup holders Arsenal come up against domestic champions Chelsea, with the Gunners looking to secure glory for the second successive year. Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal side have been in im...
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Player Focus: Promising Start Suggests Chambers Will Realise Potential

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Aug 21 2014 18:00
Player Focus: Promising Start Suggests Chambers Will Realise Potential Alexis Sánchez is Arsenal’s marquee summer signing, there is no question about that. The Chilean adds some much-needed tenacity to their frontline and gives Arsène Wenger more options in attack, with the 25-year-old able to spearhead the Arsenal offensive or play a supporting rol...
Categories: Player Focus

Could Key Battles Sway Community Shield in City's Favour?

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Aug 5 2011 09:06
Could Key Battles Sway Community Shield in City's Favour? The annual curtain raiser for English football's domestic season is upon us, and a fierce derby between Manchester's United and City should wet the appetite nicely ahead of the upcoming Premier League season.Any worries that this season's Community Shield could lack passion and competitiveness went ...
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