2011 FA Community Shield

2011 FA Community Shield

Manchester City Manchester United 2 3
Date	7 August 2011
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Nani (Manchester United)
Referee	Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)
Attendance	77,169
Weather	Rain 16 °C (61 °F)
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The 2011 FA Community Shield was the 89th FA Community Shield, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. The match was the 160th Manchester derby between Manchester United and Manchester City and played at Wembley Stadium, London, on 7 August 2011. Manchester United won the game 3–2, with goals from Chris Smalling and Nani (2), after Joleon Lescott and Edin Džeko had put City 2–0 up at half-time.

Manchester United qualified to take part for the fifth consecutive year by winning the 2010–11 Premier League title and Manchester City qualified by winning the 2010–11 FA Cup. United successfully defended the shield to win it for the fourth time in five years, having beaten Chelsea 3–1 in the 2010 match.

Background

This was only the second occasion the two teams had met in the competition, with the first being the 1956 FA Charity Shield, which United won 1–0. Both teams secured their place in the 2011 Community Shield on the same day, 14 May 2011, when United clinched the 2010–11 Premier League title with a 1–1 draw against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park and City beating Stoke City 1–0 later in the day in the 2011 FA Cup Final.

Match details

7 August 2011 14:30 BST	Manchester City	2–3	Manchester United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 77,169 Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)
	Lescott  38' Džeko  45+1'	Report	Smalling  52' Nani  58', 90+4'

Manchester City

Manchester United

GK 25 Joe Hart RB 2 Micah Richards 22' CB 4 Vincent Kompany (c) CB 6 Joleon Lescott LB 13 Aleksandar Kolarov 60' 73' CM 34 Nigel de Jong CM 7 James Milner 55' 67' AM 42 Yaya Touré 34' RW 21 David Silva LW 45 Mario Balotelli 59' CF 10 Edin Džeko 19' Substitutes: GK 12 Stuart Taylor DF 15 Stefan Savić DF 22 Gaël Clichy 73' MF 8 Shaun Wright-Phillips MF 11 Adam Johnson 67' MF 18 Gareth Barry 59' FW 16 Sergio Agüero Manager: Roberto Mancini

GK 1 David de Gea RB 12 Chris Smalling CB 5 Rio Ferdinand 46' CB 15 Nemanja Vidić (c) 46' LB 3 Patrice Evra 40' 71' RM 17 Nani CM 16 Michael Carrick 46' CM 8 Anderson 19' LM 18 Ashley Young CF 10 Wayne Rooney CF 19 Danny Welbeck 89' Substitutes: GK 34 Anders Lindegaard DF 4 Phil Jones 46' DF 21 Rafael 71' DF 23 Jonny Evans 46' MF 13 Park Ji-Sung MF 35 Tom Cleverley 46' FW 9 Dimitar Berbatov 89' Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

Man of the match Nani (Manchester United) Match officials Assistant referees: Simon Long (Cornwall) Andrew Garratt ([Staffordshire) Fourth official: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire) Reserve official: Scott Ledger (South Yorkshire)

Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores level after 90 minutes Seven named substitutes Maximum of six substitutions

Statistics

	City	United
Total shots	8	21
Shots on target	6	12
Ball possession	44%	56%
Corner kicks	8	7
Fouls committed	14	11
Offsides	2	1
Yellow cards	5	2
Red cards	0	0

Source: BBC Sport

See also

• 2010–11 Premier League
• 2010–11 FA Cup
• 1956 FA Charity Shield – the only previous occasion the Charity or Community Shield has been contested by the two Manchester clubs

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