MCI 1-1 MUN (7-6) Highlights, FA Community Shield 2024 Final: Manchester City beats Manchester United in penalty shootout to clinch title

Phew, what a penalty shootout! At the end of that, Manuel Akanji gets the winning strike to hand the FA Community Shield to Manchester City.

Bruno Fernandes scores the first penalty for United.

Bernardo Silva misses! Onana dives the right way and saves it.

Dalot scores next for United. Ederson gets his fingertips but no avail.

De Bruyne doesn’t make a mistake and scores.

Garnacho scores here as well.

Haaland sends Onana the wrong way and scores.

Sancho’s shot is saved by Ederson as the ball touches the upright and comes out!

Savinho scores and equals the scoreline.

Casemiro scores to get United ahead.

Ederson keeps it cool and slots it in the corner.

McTominay scores despite Ederson diving the right way.

Matheus Nunes scores and finds the roof of the net.

Lisandro Martinez scores for United.

Cool as you like it for Ruben Dias as he rolls it into the net.

MISS! Jonny Evans misses and shoots it over!

Akanji scores and wins it for City!

That’s the end of regulation time. Time for Penalty shootout!

Can there be a winner in these closing moments of the stoppage time or will the match go into penalties?

Kevin De Bruyne and Nathan Ake come on for Bobb and Gvardiol.

And the plot thickens! Oscar Bobb gets an assist as he floats in the ball into the box as Bernardo rises and heads it past an onlooking Onana to score City’s equaliser.

Birthday boy Bernardo pushes Garnacho down to the floor which clearly shows the frustration of the men in blue. The Portuguese sees a yellow card.

Rashford makes way for Jadon Sancho.

The red part of Wembley erupts in cheers! The deadlock is broken after Fernandes finds Garnacho just outside the box who drop his shoulders, kissing the line that marks the edge of the box, and let fly a left-footed shot into the bottom right corner, past a helpless Ederson.

Corner for United. Rashford gets his head to it and floats it towards goal as McTominay needed just a touch to take the lead, but he misses the ball completely as another chance goes to waste for the Red Devils.

That was the best chance for United in this game! Garnacho plays a pin point pass across the face of the goal to a clear-on-goal Rashford who unfortunately strikes the ball with his ankle and finds the upright instead of the gaping goal.

End to end action here! On one side, Casemiro plays Bruno onside but the midfielder boots it right at the goalie. On the counter, City was through on goal at the other side before Martinez came in flying with a crunching tackle for a corner.

Substitute Matheus Nunes is shown a yellow card for fouling Scott McTominay, who was well on his way towards the City box.

O’Reilly and Doku come off.

Nunes and Savinho come on.

McTominay, Pellistri, Garnacho, and Collyer come on.

Mount, Amad, Maguire, and Mainoo come off.

The Portuguese was offside the moment the ball came from Martinez. However, what a shot! He cut the ball back to his right foot and curled it past a jumping Ederson and into the top right corner. Promising signs from United so far.

This half, United has been the side to show attacking intent from the off, trying to play inside City’s half as much as possible.

No changes for either side at the break. The second half of the FA Community Shield 2024 final is underway between the Manchester City and Manchester United at the Wembley Stadium in London.

The referee blows the whistle for halftime as the Manchester teams go into their dressing rooms without troubling the goalkeepers much. Lot to mull over for either manager as the second half remains for the deadlock to be broken.

A couple of more minutes to this half now. Can either side get its nose in front right before the break?

Doku dribbles a bit and lets off a sighter, which seems to get a bit of Amad’s extended leg, but the referee points for a goal kick. Onana was completely rooted to the spot there.

A short break from the end-to-end action for both teams as halftime comes knocking. While the first 20 minutes or so belonged to City, United has shown intent with a few chances in the last few minutes.

Marcus Rashford gets the perfect chance to hit one of his side-footed shots past the goalkeeper as Casemiro puts him through, but the forward completely misses the mark and shoots it wide.

‘Too many cooks spoil the broth’ moment for United there! Great one-two between Casemiro and Amad inside the City box to catch Ederson off guard but Amad’s final through ball was too far from Mason Mount who was poised for a tap-in. The deadlock remains.

Amad Diallo cuts in through his favourite right channel and tries to pass the ball into the net but perhaps the shot was too hurried as it goes behind for a goal kick.

Sloppy passing in the back from United’s defenders. Martinez plays a pass to Evans but fails to find him. The ball finds McAtee who tries to curl one past Onana but only finds the upright. The Red Devils breathe a sigh of relief.

Oscar Bobb does really well to get inside the box through the right flank, dropping his shoulders and beating many a red shirt, to get a shot away but it went to the stands.

Jeremy Doku dropped his shoulders to leave Maguire in his wake and made a great run on that left channel to chip a ball inside the box, but no blue shirt was there to attempt a shot on goal.

What looked like a foul on Haaland was just an attempt to block the forward from the United centre-back to prevent the towering marksman from capitalising on a pass by Martinez that was played short.

As we write this, City gives away the ball for a goal kick but Guardiola’s side has had more of the ball in the past few minutes, which resulted in a couple of corners.

Both teams are passing the ball around, trying to find some gaps but both sets of defenders are clearing their lines well so far.

A bit nervy from the Manchester United backline as it tries to clear its lines by trying to move the ball around quickly.

The FA Community Shield 2024 final is underway at the Wembley Stadium in London as Manchester United gets us going against Manchester City. 

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