Liverpool vs Man City

Jurgen Klopp secured a clean sweep of domestic honours in England after Liverpool's 3-1 win over Manchester City in the Community Shield.

"Not with Pep and Klopp in charge; the hunger and desire from both teams. Tottenham, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United have all made signings during the summer in a bid to cut the gap but following the curtain raiser at the King Power Stadium, Keane doesn't fancy their chances. The Reds ran out 3-1 winners thanks to goals from Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez after Julian Alvarez levelled proceedings.

City fell 3-1 to Jurgen Klopp's side in the Community Shield in Leicester, with Trent Alexander-Arnold opening the scoring for Liverpool via a deflection off ...

"It’s still very, very early in the season. They were solid defensively and it’s a difficult game to take." However, having only played two friendlies before meeting Liverpool, City are still at an early stage in their pre-season preparations, explaining why City looked a little undercooked.

Goals from defender Trent Alexander-Arnold, Salah and new signing Darwin Nunez, sealed the Community Shield for the Reds. Manchester City's new signing ...

Probably one of the highlights of the game, as good as we were, was the impact from the bench. With City boasting the likes of Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez, Liverpool still came out trumps, thanks to their vigilant defending and a fiery attack force led by the Egyptian Mohamed Salah. In what was billed as the curtain-raiser for the upcoming Premier League season, last season's runners-up, Liverpool edged past their title rivals Manchester City in a tasty affair at the King Power stadium.

Liverpool struck first blood against Manchester City ahead of the new Premier League season as Darwin Nunez made an instant impact for Jurgen Klopp's men to ...

Salah was the provider for the opening goal as he laid Thiago Alcantara's crossfield pass back to the edge of the box and Alexander-Arnold smashed in off the post with the aid of a slight deflection off Dias. City held off the Reds to win the Premier League for a fourth time in five years by a point in a thrilling finale to last season. In a tale of two big summer signings, Nunez came off the bench to win a penalty and score his first goal since a 75-million euro ($77 million) move from Benfica, while Erling Haaland had a City debut to forget.

Julian Alvarez scored on his first competitive Manchester City start against Liverpool.

So it was encouraging to see Alvarez impress on the right wing and then alongside Haaland in a front two. "Always I try to give my best in training, I've shown I can play different positions at my clubs and with the national team. Alvarez, a £14m signing from River Plate, was unlucky to be named on the bench against Liverpool in the Community Shield after two good pre-season displays.

Nunez came on as a second-half substitute and inspired Liverpool to a win over Manchester City in the curtain-raising Community Shield, scoring once and ...

"Two teams who are away from their best but what both teams made of what they had was incredible. In the first two games we passed in behind and after three runs in pre-season you are killed. And in the dying stages of normal time, he followed that up by scoring the Reds third with a header from close range. "That’s the name of the game. Today we played the smartest passes, we need these balls from the side. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was also delighted with Nunez's display as he considers who will start in the Premier League opener against Fulham next week.

Manchester City were beaten 3-1 by Liverpool in this season's Community Shield at the King Power Stadium in Leicester.

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Liverpool's summer signing made an instant impact as he won a penalty and scored during the 3-1 Community Shield win over Man City.

The former Benfica striker took flak during pre-season as his displays went under the microscope. Taking to social media, Nunez posted a number of tweets and Instagram messages. Nunez entered the fray shortly before the hour mark but Pep Guardiola's side hit back through Julian Alvarez.

Mohamed Salah put stole the show as Liverpool downed Manchester City 3-1 to claim their first Community Shield in 16 years.

He also seems to enjoy playing against Pep Guardiola’s men since he has been directly involved in 13 goals for Liverpool against City (eight goals and five assists), his most against a single side for the Reds. Salah also managed five take-ons, the most in the game, as he reasserted his authority as the Premier League’s best player. After failing to find the back of the net in 2019-20 and 2020-21, Salah scored his first Community Shield goal when he stepped up to covert from the spot after Nunez’s goal-bound header was handled by Ruben Dias.

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk managed to rile up Manchester City players with his reaction to Mohamed Salah's penalty in the Community Shield.

"The chance he had before he did really well, but Ederson reacted brilliantly. "You could see in his face, you could see in the face of all his team-mates how happy the boys are for him and that's a really good sign after that short period of time that he is with us." Van Dijk, who was on his way over to Salah and the rest of his teammates, decided to boot the ball high into the stands.

As the only two senior centre-backs who took part in City's pre-season tour in the US, Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake were always likely to start in the traditional ...

Should Dias and Ake be called upon again by Guardiola, then they will have to prove that their ball-playing abilities are better than what we saw at the King Power Stadium on Saturday. Against sides that sit deep and challenge Guardiola's side to find a way through, City's centre-backs will have all the time in the world on the ball, but time isn't much good if you don't make incisive, line-breaking through balls. But there was one that could take a little longer, and may even reoccur later on in the season.

Liverpool won their first Community Shield since 2006 thanks to goals from Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez.

I guess in some ways it's unlucky because at this point what you can you do in this position as a defender?" "But for Dias, if he's reacted to a ball like that from him, he's got better reactions than any goalkeeper we've ever seen before - I think he's unlucky because there's nothing else he could've done. Referee Craig Pawson didn't notice the incident initially and let play continue before VAR advised him to check the monitor.

The Community Shield might have somewhat of a reputation as a glorified friendly but both Liverpool and Manchester City desperately wanted to emerge with…

What did they do in the Community Shield, and where did it come from?” Yesterday, that other players fill in as Henderson is substituted off, clearly shows this is a deliberate team strategy this season. At the elite level, every little helps. Jordet: “Liverpool maintains their TEAM approach to penalty kicks from last season, where they insulate & protect their penalty taker from potential opponent mind games. Finally, Thiago escorts the City players away.” Jordet: “Other times, Henderson has led a concerted strategy where players took on different roles.