FA Community Shield Preview: Leicester City the underdogs again in a tale of two Cities
3 years, 5 months ago

FA Community Shield Preview: Leicester City the underdogs again in a tale of two Cities

The Hindu  

Leicester City could be facing the Premier League's first 100 million pound player when it meets Manchester City in Saturday's Community Shield at Wembley but that will just be added motivation for manager Brendan Rodgers. Media reports have suggested Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola could give England playmaker Jack Grealish, a first outing in the curtain-raiser to the season. Leicester's 1-0 FA Cup win was the club's first in their history but Saturday will be a third appearance in the curtain-raiser. Only 20,000 spectators were allowed into Wembley for the FA Cup final but Saturday offers the chance for many more fans to enjoy a day out at the stadium, with a capacity crowd and Leicester allocated 26,639 tickets, of which City has been allocated 26,602.

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Man United opens FA Cup defence at Arsenal; Man City to play ’Class of 92’-owned Salford in round 3
1 month, 1 week ago

Man United opens FA Cup defence at Arsenal; Man City to play ’Class of 92’-owned Salford in round 3

The Hindu  

Manchester United will face familiar rival Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup, as it chases its first silverware under manager Ruben Amorim, in a host of match-ups pitting Premier League sides against lower-ranked teams. Among the best were Tamworth, one of only two non-league clubs in the draw, getting to host Tottenham and Manchester City at home …

Five things we learned from the Community Shield
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Five things we learned from the Community Shield

The Independent  

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Manchester City win Community Shield after beating Manchester United on penalties
5 months ago

Manchester City win Community Shield after beating Manchester United on penalties

India Today  

Premier League champions Manchester City beat FA Cup winners Manchester United 7-6 on penalties to win the Community Shield at Wembley on Saturday after the traditional season curtain-raiser finished level at 1-1. Erik ten Hag's side looked on course to repeat their shock victory over City in the FA Cup final when Alejandro Garnacho put United ahead after 82 minutes, …

Community Shield is a perfect restart opportunity – except Man United face all the same old issues
5 months ago

Community Shield is a perfect restart opportunity – except Man United face all the same old issues

The Independent  

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Community Shield kick off time is confirmed as Manchester United prepare to face Manchester City in season curtain-raiser in repeat of FA Cup final
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Community Shield kick off time is confirmed as Manchester United prepare to face Manchester City in season curtain-raiser in repeat of FA Cup final

Daily Mail  

The 2024 Community Shield will kick off at 3pm on Saturday, August 10, as the countdown continues to the new campaign. Manchester United are set to meet arch-rivals Manchester City in the traditional season curtain-raiser after Erik ten Hag's side beat City in the FA Cup final. City have a bizarrely poor recent record in the Community Shield after losing …

Community Shield 2023: Arsenal wins shootout after late equaliser to deny Manchester City
1 year, 5 months ago

Community Shield 2023: Arsenal wins shootout after late equaliser to deny Manchester City

The Hindu  

Arsenal beat Manchester City 4-1 in a penalty shootout to win the Community Shield on Sunday and strike the first blow in this season’s rivalry between the two clubs. Fabio Vieira scored the winning spot-kick after Arsenal scored a late equaliser in stoppage-time to earn a 1-1 draw with the Premier League champions and take the game at London’s Wembley …

FA Community Shield: Arsenal in better position than Man City, says Pep Guardiola
1 year, 5 months ago

FA Community Shield: Arsenal in better position than Man City, says Pep Guardiola

The Hindu  

Arsenal holds an advantage heading into the Community Shield over Manchester City due to the treble winner’s packed schedule during the final stretch of the last season, manager Pep Guardiola said on Friday. City faced a gruelling schedule season thanks to its successful runs in the Champions League and FA Cup, while Arsenal had a less busy campaign and was …

Manchester City braces for Arsenal assault in Community Shield
1 year, 5 months ago

Manchester City braces for Arsenal assault in Community Shield

The Hindu  

Mikel Arteta has challenged big-spending Arsenal to deliver a statement of intent ahead of the Premier League season when it faces treble-winner Manchester City in the Community Shield on Sunday. Arsenal finished five points behind Pep Guardiola’s men despite holding an eight-point lead in April and Gunners boss Arteta knows this weekend’s glamour friendly at Wembley offers an opportunity to …

Watch: FA Cup final recap - When Man City won as predicted, but United resisted more than expected
1 year, 7 months ago

Watch: FA Cup final recap - When Man City won as predicted, but United resisted more than expected

The Hindu  

Pep Guardiola said Manchester City have “one more to go” after moving to the brink of a historic treble by beating Manchester United 2-1 in the FA Cup final on Saturday. Guardiola’s men have already secured a third consecutive Premier League title and can equal Manchester United’s unique 1999 treble if they beat Inter Milan in next week’s Champions League …

Manchester City's £100 million man Jack Grealish comes good to win over Pep Guardiola
1 year, 8 months ago

Manchester City's £100 million man Jack Grealish comes good to win over Pep Guardiola

Firstpost  

Manchester: England’s most expensive ever player is beginning to live up to his price tag as Manchester City are getting the Jack Grealish they spent £100 million for after a frustrating first season at the Etihad. Pep Guardiola’s men are closing in on a potential treble of Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup titles with Grealish at the heart …

FA Cup: Foden stars as Manchester City advances; Blackburn stuns Leicester
1 year, 10 months ago

FA Cup: Foden stars as Manchester City advances; Blackburn stuns Leicester

The Hindu  

Phil Foden was in danger of becoming one of the forgotten players at Manchester City this season. Foden scored in each half in City’s 3-0 win at second-tier Bristol City in the FA Cup on Tuesday, helping the team secure a place in the quarterfinals. Kelechi Iheanacho scored his customary FA Cup goal — it’s now 18 in his last …

Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana ruled out till 2022
3 years, 5 months ago

Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana ruled out till 2022

The Hindu  

Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana will undergo surgery on his broken leg and has been ruled out until 2022, manager Brendan Rodgers said. RELATED | Leicester defender Fofana injured in pre-season friendly "Fofana has his operation on Monday and he won't play until 2022," Rodgers said after Saturday's Community Shield win over Manchester City. Leicester signed Fofana on a five-year …

Leicester City beats Manchester City 1-0 to win Community Shield
3 years, 5 months ago

Leicester City beats Manchester City 1-0 to win Community Shield

The Hindu  

Kelechi Iheanacho scored a late penalty against his old club as FA Cup winners Leicester City beat Premier League champions Manchester City 1-0 in the Community Shield curtain-raiser to the season on Saturday. Jack Grealish had earlier come off the bench for Manchester City but there was to be no dream debut for the England midfielder in his first game …

FA Cup: Leicester City beats Chelsea 1-0 to win maiden title
3 years, 7 months ago

FA Cup: Leicester City beats Chelsea 1-0 to win maiden title

The Hindu  

Youri Tielemans was preparing for the FA Cup final on Saturday when he received a text message with a clear instruction: Aim for the top corner. It was a sensational way to win the FA Cup for the first time in Leicester's 137-year history, 1-0 against Champions League finalist Chelsea. After losing four finals — the first in 1949 at …

Leicester triumph in poignant FA Cup final as football’s soundtrack returns
3 years, 7 months ago

Leicester triumph in poignant FA Cup final as football’s soundtrack returns

The Independent  

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Leicester's Rodgers wants to win FA Cup for late owner Vichai
3 years, 7 months ago

Leicester's Rodgers wants to win FA Cup for late owner Vichai

Hindustan Times  

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers said lifting their first FA Cup on Saturday would be a fitting tribute to the club's late chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and his family. Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers: File photo Thai-led consortium Asian Football Investments took over Leicester in 2010 and, under the Srivaddhanaprabha family, the Midlands club was transformed as they returned to the …

FA Cup: Manchester City beat Everton to reach semi-finals; Southampton too book place in last-four
3 years, 9 months ago

FA Cup: Manchester City beat Everton to reach semi-finals; Southampton too book place in last-four

Firstpost  

Southampton have been immune to their league woes in the FA Cup this term and they booked a place in the Wembley semi-finals thanks to Nathan Redmond’s double after Moussa Djenepo’s opener. London: Manchester City’s quest for an unprecedented quadruple of trophies remains intact after seeing off Everton 2-0 to reach the FA Cup semi-finals on Saturday as Southampton also …

Community Shield preview: Liverpool vs Arsenal ; Manchester City vs Chelsea - Football news
4 years, 4 months ago

Community Shield preview: Liverpool vs Arsenal ; Manchester City vs Chelsea - Football news

The Hindu  

The new English football season is starting in the same month the last one finished. And it’s at the national stadium - still without spectators - where Arsenal’s players return only four weeks later to play Liverpool in the Community Shield, the traditional curtain-raiser of the season between the winners of the Premier League and FA Cup. “We have no …

FA confirms Community Shield double-header at Wembley - Football news
4 years, 4 months ago

FA confirms Community Shield double-header at Wembley - Football news

The Hindu  

This year's Community Shield will feature the first-ever double header with both men and women's games to be played at the Wembley Stadium on August 29, the Football Association announced on Wednesday. The first game will feature Women's Super League champion Chelsea and FA Cup holder Manchester City in the women's edition, which returns for the first time since 2008 …

Pep Guardiola's Man City sets sights on FA Cup and Champions League
4 years, 6 months ago

Pep Guardiola's Man City sets sights on FA Cup and Champions League

The Hindu  

Manchester City's slim hopes of retaining its Premier League crown have gone but it still has two trophies in its crosshairs, manager Pep Guardiola said after the club reached the FA Cup semifinals with a 2-0 win over Newcastle United. As well as the Cup, City is also still in the hunt for the Champions League title and holds a …

FA Cup: Man City beats Fulham 4-0 to secure place in fifth round
4 years, 11 months ago

FA Cup: Man City beats Fulham 4-0 to secure place in fifth round

The Hindu  

Manchester City breezed through to the FA Cup fifth round with a 4-0 win over 10-man Fulham at Etihad Stadium. Pep Guardiola made eight changes from the Premier League win at Sheffield United, but the promotion-chasing visitor never threatened to loosen City's grip on the trophy it won emphatically with a 6-0 Wembley triumph over Watford in May. MATCH CENTRE …

FA Cup: Arsenal beat Leeds to set up fourth-round Bournemouth clash; Manchester City, Liverpool to face lower-tier teams
5 years ago

FA Cup: Arsenal beat Leeds to set up fourth-round Bournemouth clash; Manchester City, Liverpool to face lower-tier teams

Firstpost  

Leeds out-shot Arsenal 15-3 and dominated possession in the first half and demonstrated why Marcelo Bielsa’s side is well placed to end a 16-year exile from the Premier League Reiss Nelson secured Arsenal’s passage to the FA Cup fourth round by sealing a 1-0 victory over Leeds after the English Premier League side was initially outplayed by the second-tier opponent …

Community Shield win is perfect preparation for Liverpool rivalry, says Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola
5 years, 5 months ago

Community Shield win is perfect preparation for Liverpool rivalry, says Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola

Firstpost  

Liverpool could have beaten Manchester City in normal time, leaving Pep Guardiola to admit the Reds will again present the main obstacle to his club’s ambitions. London: Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City’s Community Shield triumph against Liverpool was the perfect preparation ahead of this season’s duel for supremacy between the Premier League rivals. Sunday’s prestigious friendly at Wembley showed there …

Community Shield: Manchester City beat Liverpool on penalties to start on high note
5 years, 5 months ago

Community Shield: Manchester City beat Liverpool on penalties to start on high note

India TV News  

After completing a clean sweep of domestic trophies last season, Manchester City opened the new campaign by lifting the Community Shield following a shootout victory over Liverpool on Sunday. City netted all five penalties — the last by Gabriel Jesus — and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo made a key save to deny Georginio Wijnaldum's attempt in a 5-4 shootout win after …

Wijnaldum miss settles tense Community Shield
5 years, 5 months ago

Wijnaldum miss settles tense Community Shield

The Hindu  

Manchester City won the Community Shield for the second year in a row after a 5-4 penalty shoot-out defeat of Liverpool following a 1-1 draw at Wembley. The blow of losing Sane just 11 minutes in was quickly forgotten as City made the most of the resulting free-kick, Liverpool's offside trap all over the place as David Silva flicked Kevin …

Manchester City win Community Shield after beating Liverpool on penalties
5 years, 5 months ago

Manchester City win Community Shield after beating Liverpool on penalties

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It was Manchester City that held their nerve in the shoot-out, however, …

FA Cup: Peerless Manchester City complete historic treble as Pep Guardiola lays foundation for future domination
5 years, 7 months ago

FA Cup: Peerless Manchester City complete historic treble as Pep Guardiola lays foundation for future domination

Firstpost  

Hitting a six is something you usually hear in a cricket commentary but Manchester City ensured the phrase entered the football history books by beating Watford 6-0 in the FA Cup final on Saturday. Manchester City now have the domestic treble, a feat never achieved before by a men’s team in England, but the match will, unfortunately, be remembered for …

Guardiola wants Manchester City to make treble history
5 years, 7 months ago

Guardiola wants Manchester City to make treble history

The Hindu  

Pep Guardiola urged Manchester City to breach new ground and wrap up a domestic treble after sealing back-to-back Premier League titles with a 4-1 win at Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday. Following its EFL Cup win in February, City faces an FA Cup final against Watford next weekend in the knowledge that no team has ever completed a clean …

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola insists his side are chasing FIVE trophies
5 years, 9 months ago

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola insists his side are chasing FIVE trophies

Daily Mail  

Pep Guardiola insists Manchester City are chasing five trophies - not four - and does not understand why the FA Community Shield is so readily dismissed in England. Guardiola even joked that next season, if his team qualify for the Shield as Premier League champions or FA Cup winners, they won't turn up. Pep Guardiola says Manchester City are chasing …

FA Cup: Manchester City thump Burnley to keep hopes of quadruple alive; Everton, West Ham dumped out
5 years, 11 months ago

FA Cup: Manchester City thump Burnley to keep hopes of quadruple alive; Everton, West Ham dumped out

Firstpost  

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola labelled talk of a quadruple as “fantasy” earlier in the week, but his side are in contention on four fronts, including the Champions League and the Premier League. Manchester City’s quest for four trophies continued with a 5-0 thrashing of Burnley to march into the FA Cup fifth round as League One Shrewsbury narrowly missed …

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