The 2019 FA Community Shield ( besides known as The FA Community Shield supported by McDonald’s for sponsorship reasons ) was the 97th FA Community Shield, an annual football catch played between the winners of the previous season ‘s Premier League and FA Cup. [ 4 ] As Manchester City won both competitions in 2019, their opponents were the 2018–19 Premier League runner-up, Liverpool. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 4 August 2019. Manchester City defended the trophy they won in 2018, winning 5–4 on penalties. [ 7 ] [ 8 ]
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In the 2018–19 season, Liverpool and Manchester City were in a inflame championship rush, each going unbeaten in their first 15 league matches, and never more than three points apart in the mesa after the end of February. [ 9 ] Despite being nine points behind Liverpool at Christmas, Manchester City won the league with 98 points, a point ahead of Liverpool. [ 10 ] Manchester City besides won the 2018–19 FA Cup and the 2018–19 EFL Cup, beating Watford 6–0 in the early, [ 11 ] and defeating Chelsea 4–3 in a punishment shoot-out after a 0–0 draw in the latter. [ 12 ]
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During 2018–19 the two teams merely met in the league, playing out a scoreless draw at Anfield on 7 October, as City ‘s Riyad Mahrez missed a crucial penalty kick in the 84th minute, [ 13 ] before Manchester City won 2–1 at the City of Manchester Stadium on 3 January, with goals from Sergio Agüero and Leroy Sané for City either side of Roberto Firmino ‘s feat for Liverpool. [ 14 ] That game was Liverpool ‘s lone loss during the 2018–19 Premier League season. This is the third base ace cup in which Liverpool ‘s Jürgen Klopp and Manchester City ‘s Pep Guardiola have faced each other. While they were each managing Der Klassiker rivals Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich respectively, they played against each other in the 2013 and 2014 DFL-Supercups, the german equivalent of the Community Shield. Klopp ‘s side won on both occasions, with scores of 4–2 and 2–0 respectively. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Both matches were played at Westfalenstadion, Dortmund ‘s home stadium. Manchester City wore a commemorative kit with no patron for the match, marking their 125th anniversary season. [ 17 ]
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Manchester City took the tip after 12 minutes when Kevin De Bruyne knocked the ball into the penalty area from the leftover to David Silva who flicked it to Raheem Sterling who scored from six yards out, hitting the testis with his left animal foot under Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson who about managed to keep it out of the net income. In the second base half Virgil van Dijk had a shoot from conclude range on the turn which came back off the bottom of the bar and bounced out to guard. Liverpool equalized in the 77th infinitesimal when Joël Matip scored with a heading from three yards out after a crisscross from the left by Virgil van Dijk. [ 18 ] Mohamed Salah had a deep probability to win the game but his initial shoot was saved by Claudio Bravo with Salah following up with a header which was hooked off the course by Kyle Walker. The match went to a penalty shoot-out with Georginio Wijnaldum the only player to miss, Claudio Bravo saving to his right. Gabriel Jesus scored the winning penalty shooting to the left past Alisson to decide the match. [ 19 ]
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