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That's a wrap here. Goodnight!

And as the Community Shield ends, it's a sign that football is back. The Premier League kicks off on August 17, as Manchester United take on Fulham at 12:30 AM IST.

We haven't even started the Premier League season and English football's dominant side have already lifted a trophy.

'Blue Moon' plays around Wembley, as Kevin de Bruyne and Ruben Dias hold the trophy aloft.

This win takes Pep Guardiola's trophy tally up to EIGHTEEN as Manchester City's manager. 

6x Premier Leagues

4x EFL Cups

3x Community Shields

2x FA Cups

1x UEFA Champions League

1x UEFA Super Cup

1x FIFA Club World Cup each.

Jadon Sancho and Johnny Evans missed penalties in the shootout, as Manchester City won 7-6 on penalties. Heartbreak for United, who had taken the lead in the 81st minute of the game.

Penalty shootout: Akanji scores!

Manchester City wins it in the penalty shootout! A superb penalty by Akanji to seal the match.

Manchester City win the 2024 Community Shield, heartbreak for United.

Penalty shootout: Evans misses!

Johnny Evans has skied it completely. City will win if they score the next one.

Penalty shootout: Dias scores

Onana dives the wrong way again. Ruben Dias coolly slots it in.

Penalty shootout: Lisandro scores

The Argentine defender makes no mistake. City back under pressure.

Penalty shootout: Nunes scores

Matheus Nunes thunders it into the top-corner. Best penalty of the shootout. We carry on in sudden-death!

Penalty shootout: McTominay scores

McTominay sends it past Ederson, City must score.

Penalty shootout: Ederson scores!

City's goalkeeper decides to step up for the crucial penalty, and makes it look very easy.

Penalty shootout: Casemiro scores

Big goal for United in the shootout. City must score to take this to sudden death.

Penalty shootout: Savinho scores!

So what it's his debut? Savinho inch-perfect. City are back level.

Penalty shootout: Sancho misses!

A huge moment in the final. Jadon Sancho's penalty is saved by Ederson.

Penalty shootout: Haaland scores!

Rolled in by Erling Haaland, Onana dives the wrong way again.

Penalty shootout: Garnacho scores

Cool as ice!

Penalty shootout: De Bruyne scores

Onana goes the wrong way, De Bruyne rolls it in.

Penalty shootout: Diogo Dalot scores

Ederson almost saved it, but Dalot squeezes it in.

Penalty shootout: Bernardo Silva misses!

Oh, the birthday boy suffers a cruel fate.

Penalty shootout: Bruno scores!

Composed as ever from the spot.

United to shoot first. Bruno Fernandes to take the penalty. The penalty shootout about to get underway.

And there we have it. A dramatic final few minutes has seen the game end 1-1. Garnacho thought he'd won it, birthday boy Bernardo had other ideas. 

MCI 1-1 MUN (FT)

We have just five minutes of added time, before the impending penalty shootout. Pep Guardiola has brought on Kevin de Bruyne for the shootout.

MCI 1-1 MUN ('90+2)

Just as we wrote that, Bernardo Silva heads in the equaliser on his 30th birthday! Oscar Bobb crosses it with his weaker right foot, and Bernardo beats Pellistri to the aerial ball. 

We are heading towards penalties!

MCI 1-1 MUN ('89)

Not the Community Shield final Bernardo would've been hoping for on his 30th birthday. United scored seconds after he came on, and then Bernardo picked up a yellow card.

MCI 0-1 MUN ('88)

Alejandro Garnacho scores! Cuts inside and slams it on his left foot. Drills it in low, past Ederson. Bruno Fernandes with the assist, and United are now looking at their second trophy of 2024!

MCI 0-1 MUN ('81)

Rashford reaches high to head a corner, places it onto the path of Scott McTominay, and it would've surely been a goal had he gotten a touch.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('80)

Rashford has hit the post! Bruno finds Garnacho with a superb aerial ball. The Argentine squares it for Rashford 1v1 vs Ederson, but Rashford shins it onto the post.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('75)

Once again, Rico Lewis impressing. Wins the ball in the opposition half and starts the attack. Combines with Oscar Bobb and James McAtee, but its cut out by Casemiro in the end.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('73)

We are looking at a penalty shootout here. Both sides have had their great chances, but the game has evened out in the middle. 

MCI 0-0 MUN ('72)

Casemiro picks out Bruno with an excellent long ball, and the Portuguese was through on goal. He takes the shot from far out, straight into Ederson's palms. He had more time than he realized.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('69)

Good cross from Savinho, first involvement in a Manchester City shirt. He has directly replaced Doku on the left-wing, and will bring in a different challenge for United right-back Diogo Dalot. Savio is left-footed, whilst Doku favours his right.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('66)

Brazilian winger Savinho, brought back from Girona this season, makes his first appearance for Man City. He comes on for Jeremy Doku. Guardiola also takes off Nico O'Reilly, bringing on Portuguese midfielder Matheus Nunes in his place.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('62)

OFF: Amad Diallo, Harry Maguire, Kobbie Mainoo, Mason Mount

ON: Alejandro Garnacho, Facundo Pellistri, Scott McTominay, Tom Collyer

MCI 0-0 MUN ('58)

Here's a clip of Bruno's phenomenal goal, that was ruled out for offside

BRUNO FERNANDES ARE YOU MADDDD
pic.twitter.com/js792P43Vk

— AB⚕ (@AbsoluteBruno) August 10, 2024

Bruno Fernandes scores a stunning curling goal from the edge of the box, but he was millimetres offside. Head in hands for the United captain.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('54)

Casemiro has had a fine game so far. A superb tackle on Doku to snatch the ball. Earlier in the first half, he had been involved offensively as well.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('52)

The second half of the 2024 FA Community Shield is underway. United begin on the front foot, creating a chance early on, although it mounts to nothing.

No extra time will be played if the match remains tied after 90 minutes. We will go straight to a penalty shootout.

Goalless at the break. Chances on both ends. James McAtee hit the post, while Marcus Rashford squandered a good chance as well. But both sides have hung on to their clean sheets so far.

Manchester City 0-0 Manchester United (HT)

Manuel Akanji had a pass intercepted by Mason Mount, with only one defender to beat. Fortunately for the Swiss defender, the mistake does not lead to a goal.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('44)

19-year-old City player Rico Lewis has had a dynamic performance in the first half. He has been involved going forward, both on the flank and coming into midfield. Lewis has already made several runs into United's box, albeit without creating a big opportunity.

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Superb build up play with Bruno Fernandes at the heart of it. He exchanges some excellent one-touch passes, and then tees up Rashford in acres of space, but the English forward fires wide. Still goalless at Wembley.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('36)

Man United cut open the City backline with a string of neat passes, but the chance goes. Diallo cuts inside, plays a lovely one-two with Casemiro, but choosing to cut-back proves to be the wrong choice.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('32)

Nico O'Reilly had made a darting run through the midfield, but Bruno wins it back. The move ends, as Amad makes a brilliant dribbling run but follows it up with a tame shot.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('29)

Manchester United are extremely sloppy at the back, handing possession to Oscar Bobb. The Norwegian winger tries to play it through to James McAtee, but his shot ricochets of the post.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('24)

Oscar Bobb tries a curled effort inside the United box with his left foot, but it goes wide, well beyond troubling Andre Onana.

City gaining more momentum now.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('22)

Rico Lewis makes a forward run into the Manchester City box, but does not manage to find a man with his cutback.

MCI 0-0 MUN ('20)

Jeremy Doku makes a mazy run, dribbling past a couple of players, but is unable to put in a good cross in the end.

Erling Haaland gives chase to a backpass by Lisandro Martinez, but Harry Maguire comes in the way of the Norwegian striker. Haaland goes down, but the referee does not give a foul.

City's left-back Gvardiol is playing as a third centre-back when Manchester City are in possession. Doku is hugging the touchline on the left flank, whilst Rico Lewis has been given the freedom to go forward and come into midfield.

Harry Maguire looking to find Marcus Rashford in behind the City defense early on. The pace of Rashford will be a good test for Akanji and Dias.

As discussed earlier, Lisandro Martinez is starting at left-back for Manchester United. However, he is staying quite centrally when United are in possession. Marcus Rashford is the left-winger in front.

We are underway at Wembley. Manchester City attack from left to right. 

Manchester City vs Manchester United is about to begin. The players are on the field, and the battle for the first trophy of the 2024-25 season is set to start.

Manchester City have gone with three centre-backs and no proper left-back, hinting that Lisandro Martinez might be playing as the left-back today.

A huge start handed to Amad Diallo, showing ten Hag's intent to play him more this season.

Manchester City have fielded a relatively young XI. Rico Lewis, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, James McAtee, Oscar Bobb and Jeremy Doku are below the age of 23. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Ederson starts despite rumours of a potential move to Saudi Arabia.

Savinho and Kevin de Bruyne are on the bench.

With Premier League action kicking off next weekend, this match is a good chance for both sides to get their season off to a flying start.

Ten Hag has left Sancho, Zirkzee and Garnacho on the bench

In the red corner at Wembley... #MUFC || #CommunityShield

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 10, 2024

Here's the lineup fielded by Guardiola today:

Your City side at Wembley!
XI | Ederson, Lewis, Akanji, Dias (C), Gvardiol, Kovacic, O'Reilly, McAtee, Bobb, Doku, Haaland
SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Carson, Phillips, Ake, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Savinho, Nunes, Kabore#ManCity | @etihad pic.twitter.com/TMSuFfhOuL

— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 10, 2024

City have just one new face. Brazilian winger Savinho impressed at La Liga side Girona last season. Meanwhile, Julian Alvarez is heading to Atletico Madrid, in a deal worth 75 million euros, with a further 20m in potential add-ons.

Manchester United have been the more active club in the transfer window so far, signing young defender Leny Yoro from Lille and Dutch striker Joshua Zirzee from Bologna. Yoro is out injured today, but Zirzkee may well get his first start.

Jadon Sancho is also in the squad. Can it be a fresh beginning for Sancho with Ten Hag?

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola does hold a 4-2 head-to-head advantage over Erik ten Hag as managers of their current clubs. 

The last time these two sides met was in the 2023-24 FA Cup final, where United beat City 2-1, here at Wembley. Goals from Manchester United's young sensations Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo had decided the contest.

The football season is back! Red takes on blue for bragging rights in Manchester, and to kiss the first silverware of the new season. 

It's Manchester City vs Manchester United in the 2024 Community Shield Final.