Arsenal beat Man city to win Community Shield trophy

Arsenal defeat Manchester city  3-0 to claim the community shield trophy.

The match kicked off 3pm on Sunday,10 2014 at the Wembly stadium.

Santi Carzola opened the scoring sheet with a left- foot strike which gave the Gunners an early lead in the 22nd minutes.

Arsenal kept on pressuring the opposition (man city), seeking for the second goal when Sanogo came close with a shot but went wide in the 24th minutes.

City had a opportunity to equalise in the 37th minutes when Jovetic crossed the ball to Samir Nasri but he(Nasri) did not the perfect touch he wanted on the ball.

Arsenal double their lead in the 42nd minutes when Sanogo flicks the ball to Ramsey whom passed through two City defenders to put the ball at the back of the net. It ended 2-0 in  half time.

The second half started with both team making changes. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger bought on Giroud for Sanogo, Sanchez making way for  Chamberlein while Monreal replaced Koscienly. City manager Manuel Pellegrini also brought on David Silva for Samir Nasri.

It looked like City getting back in the second half but unfortunately for them (City) the gunners found the back of the net in the 61st minutes with a fine strike from Oliver Giroud.

It ended all ended 3-0 in favour of Arsenal, leading them to win the community shield.
"It was important for our
confidence to win the game, we also
had a quality performance and that is
comforting for me". Arsene Wenger said.

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