Arsenal wins 2017 Community Shiled
After Arsenal's victory on Sunday, it now means the Shield has been won by the FA Cup winners beating the defending Premier League champions for four consecutive seasons.
14 - Arsenal have won their 14th #CommunityShield (excluding shared), second only to Manchester United (18). Familiar. pic.twitter.com/eSElQR1fdn— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 6, 2017
- This was Arsenal’s third shootout in the Community Shield, having lost their previous two against Manchester United in 1993 and 2003.
- The last two red cards issued in Community Shield matches have been to Chelsea players (Branislav Ivanovic in 2012, Pedro in 2017).
- There were just 82 seconds between Pedro's red card and Sead Kolasinac's equaliser.
- Kolasinac became the first player to open his goalscoring account for Arsenal in the Community Shield since Gilberto Silva in 2002.
- Victor Moses scored his first goal in 27 games for Chelsea in all competitions, since netting against Tottenham in November 2016.
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It was arguably a deserved victory for the Gunners who put out a spirited display as they come from a goal down to earn a draw at full time before the tie was settled on penalties.
Arsenal conceded a poor goal just after the break when Victor Moses opened the score for Chelsea after capitalising on a breakdown in communication among Arsenal's backline. Chelsea then lost their way towards the end after Pedro was sent off for a foul, allowing Arsenal to get back into the game and find a late equalizer through Kolasinac in the final 10 minutes after he met Granit Xhaka's free-kick.
After a 1-1 draw in regulation time, the shoot-out saw goalkeeper Courtois, an unusual choice to take his side's second penalty, bizarrely firing his attempt way over while new signing Alvaro Morata also missed from the spot as Arsenal claimed the Community Shield beating Chelsea 4-1 on penalties.