DBasia.news – Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, is unable to hide his happiness after his team won the second trophy in a month at the same place, Wembley Stadium.
Arsenal successfully defeated the English Premier League champions, Liverpool, on penalties [5-4] after the match ended in a 1-1 draw in normal time in the Community Shield match at Wembley, Saturday (29/8).
In normal time, Arsenal took the lead through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the 12th minute. While Liverpool equalized through Takumi Minamino (73 ‘).
The five Arsenal penalty executors did their job perfectly, namely: Reiss Nelson, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Cedric Soares, David Luiz, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Meanwhile, on the opposing side, the only Liverpool kicker who failed was the young striker, Rhian Brewster.
“It’s always great to come back to Wembley and win trophies again,” Arteta said in a press conference after the match.
“We had a big challenge today against an extraordinary team. We’ve also just had one [trial] session. ”
“However, the players were able to show courage, ambition, aggressiveness in situations without the ball, and the way they wanted to win.”
“You can never always win. Thank you very much to the players for their efforts and performance, “he concluded.
After finishing the 2019/20 season by winning the FA Cup, Arsenal have only played one trial match ahead of the new season.
In the middle of this week, the Gunners defeated the English League One club, MK Dons, in a test match at the opponent’s home with a score of 4-1.
With this achievement, Arsenal overtook Liverpool in second place in the Community Shield with 16 trophies. While the first position is still occupied by Manchester United with a collection of 21 titles.