2021 FA Community Shield

2021 FA Community Shield

Leicester City Manchester City 1 0
Report
Date	7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City)
Referee	Paul Tierney (Lancashire)
Attendance	45,602
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The 2021 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield supported by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 99th FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League, Manchester City, and the winners of the previous season's FA Cup, Leicester City. This was Manchester City's first FA Community Shield since 2019 when they beat Liverpool 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw, and Leicester’s first since losing 2–1 to Manchester United in the 2016 edition. The game took place on 7 August 2021 at Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London.

Arsenal were the defending champions as winners of the 2020 FA Community Shield, but did not qualify for this edition, as they failed to win either the Premier League or FA Cup.

The match was televised live on ITV. It was the first time the FA Community Shield will on free-to-air television since the 2012 FA Community Shield, which was also shown on ITV.

Background

Main article: 2020–21 Leicester City F.C. season

Main article: 2020–21 Manchester City F.C. season

Leicester City won their first FA Cup title after beating Chelsea 1–0 in the final. They are appearing to their third FA Community Shield match, having won one (1971), and lost one (2016).

Manchester City won their third Premier League title in four years under the management of Pep Guardiola, after derby rivals Manchester United lost 1–2 to Leicester City at Old Trafford on 11 May 2021. They are appearing in their 13th match, having won six, (1937, 1968, 1972, 2012, 2018, 2019), and lost six (1934, 1956, 1969, 1973, 2011, 2014).

Match

Details

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07) 17:15 BST	Leicester City	1–0	Manchester City	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 45,602 Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)
	Iheanacho  89' (pen)	Report

Leicester City

Manchester City

GK 1 Kasper Schmeichel (c) RB 21 Ricardo Pereira CB 18 Daniel Amartey CB 4 Çağlar Söyüncü LB 5 Ryan Bertrand 50' 78' CM 25 Wilfred Ndidi CM 8 Youri Tielemans 71' RW 17 Ayoze Pérez 71' AM 10 James Maddison 71' LW 7 Harvey Barnes 79' CF 9 Jamie Vardy 71' Substitutes: GK 12 Danny Ward DF 16 Filip Benković DF 33 Luke Thomas 78' MF 11 Marc Albrighton 71' MF 20 Hamza Choudhury MF 22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 71' MF 42 Boubakary Soumaré 71' FW 14 Kelechi Iheanacho 79' FW 29 Patson Daka 71' Manager: Brendan Rodgers

GK 13 Zack Steffen RB 27 João Cancelo CB 3 Rúben Dias 88' CB 6 Nathan Aké LB 22 Benjamin Mendy CM 25 Fernandinho (c) 88' CM 8 İlkay Gündoğan 65' CM 80 Cole Palmer 74' RW 26 Riyad Mahrez CF 53 Samuel Edozie 65' LW 21 Ferran Torres 74' Substitutes: GK 33 Scott Carson DF 34 Philippe Sandler DF 39 Yan Couto MF 10 Jack Grealish 65' MF 16 Rodri 65' MF 20 Bernardo Silva 74' MF 69 Tommy Doyle MF 81 Claudio Gomes MF 96 Ben Knight 74' Manager: Pep Guardiola

Assistant referees: Ian Hussin (Liverpool) Neil Davies (London) Fourth official: Peter Bankes (Liverpool) Reserve assistant referee: Nick Hopton (Derbyshire) Video assistant referee: Darren England (Sheffield & Hallamshire) Assistant video assistant referee: Dan Robathan (Norfolk)

Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of six substitutions.

See also

• 2021–22 Premier League
• 2021–22 FA Cup

External links

• Match report at BBC.co.uk

Leicester City F.C. matches - 2021-22

2021-22 Premier League

Arsenal (h) · Tottenham Hotspur (h) · Arsenal (a) · Southampton (h)

2021-22 FA Cup

Watford (h) · Nottingham Forest (a)

2021-22 EFL Cup

Millwall (a) · Brighton & Hove Albion (h) · Liverpool (a)

2021-22 UEFA Europa League

Napoli (h) · Legia Warsaw (a) · Spartak Moscow (a) · Spartak Moscow (h) · Legia Warsaw (h) · Napoli (a)

2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Randers (h) · Randers (a) · Rennes (h) · Rennes (a) · PSV Eindhoven (h) · PSV Eindhoven (a)

2021 FA Community Shield

Manchester City (n)