Arteta Laughs At Last!
Mikel Arteta's side beat Manchester city 4-1 on penalties to win the community shield at Wembley on Sunday. The gunners came from a goal behind to force a 1-1 draw at the end of the added time before winning the tie on penalty shootouts.
Although some may argue that the community shield is just a small pre-season friendly but truth be told, it must have felt good for Arteta and Arsenal to finally get the better of Manchester city who robbed them the league title last season.
Judging from their celebration, this win was more of a message than a victory ahead of the new campaign.
Arsenal would have lost out to city if not for Leandro Trossard's stoppage time effort that deflected in of Manuel Akanji. The goal cancelled Cole Palmer's fine opener as city aimed to win the community shield after losing three times in a row going back to 2019.
Pep Guardiola side could only watch as Fabio Vieira converted the winning spot-kick as Arsenal scored all their penalties while Kevin De Bruyne hit the crossbar and Aaron Ramsdale saved Rodri's kick to ensure victory went to North London.
Arsenal's keeper Aaron Ramsdale was at his best on sunday keeping the gunners in the game several times.The England international made two fine saves before keeping out Rodri's spot kick.
The premier league defending champions Manchester city will kick off their title defence away against Burnley while the shield winners will host Nottingham forest at the emirates in their first league match of the new season on saturday.
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