The English Community Shield competition began early this morning. Last season's league champions Manchester City played FA Cup winner Liverpool. The match was also the first showdown between the two clubs' new strikers Haaland and Nunez. As a result, Liverpool beat Manchester City 3-1, and Nunez made a penalty and scored a goal in the game to temporarily lead Haaland.
Nunez and his teammates celebrate the goal
In the 21st minute, Alexander-Arnold fired a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area, the ball hit Acker's head and flew into the far corner. Alexander-Arnold opened the scoring for Liverpool, 1-0!
City equalised in the 70th minute when substitute newcomer Alvarez poked a shot into the net!
In the 83rd minute, Núñez received a cross from Salah and the header hit Díaz's hand, a penalty! Salah hit a penalty to make it 2-1.
In the 94th minute, Salah crossed, Robertson's header sailed across and Nunez's close-range header snatched the post to make it 3-1.
In the 97th minute, Haaland fired a shot into the empty net that hit the crossbar and popped up. A new descendant of happy football? Haaland himself laughed!
The match ended with Liverpool beating Manchester City 3-1. It was also liverpool coach Klopp's seventh title to lead the team. He has won four major titles in English football, namely the Community Shield, the Premier League, the FA Cup and the League Cup. Within the scope of the intercontinental competition, he also led the team to win the 7 major trophies of the Champions League, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup, achieving a Grand Slam.
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola
In addition, in the confrontation between Klopp and Guardiola, Klopp also took the lead with 10 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses. After winning this game, Klopp became the first manager to beat Guardiola 10 times.