The 2020 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield supported by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League, Liverpool, and the previous season's FA Cup, Arsenal, with the latter winning on penalties after a 1–1 draw. This was the fourth Charity Shield/Community Shield contested between the two clubs: Liverpool won in 1979 and 1989, while Arsenal were victorious in 2002.
The match was televised live on BT Sport 1, BT Sport Extra 1 and BT Sport Ultimate, with highlights shown later on Match of the Day on BBC One. Radio commentary was provided by Sam Matterface and Trevor Sinclair on Talksport. The game was played behind closed doors on 29 August 2020 at Wembley Stadium and followed the Women's Community Shield match at the same venue, thus forming the first Community Shield double-header.
Manchester City were the holders as winners of the 2019 edition, but did not qualify for this match, as they finished second in the Premier League and were knocked out of the FA Cup in the semi-finals.
Background Arsenal won their 14th FA Cup title after beating Chelsea 2–1 in the final.
Liverpool won their first Premier League title since the league's formation in 1992, after rivals Manchester City lost 1–2 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on 25 June 2020.
Match Summary In the 12th minute, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put Arsenal into the lead, receiving the ball on the left he cut in and curled a left-footed shot from just inside the penalty area into the right corner of the net past the diving Alisson. Takumi Minamino made it 1–1 in the 73rd minute with a side-footed finish to the right from six yards out after the ball broke to him in the penalty area off Cédric Soares. The game went to a penalty shoot-out with Liverpool's Rhian Brewster the only player to miss his penalty when he struck the bar. Aubameyang scored the decisive final penalty for Arsenal, shooting to the right corner to win the match 5–4 on penalties.
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GK 26 Emiliano MartínezCB 16 Rob HoldingCB 23 David LuizCB 3 Kieran Tierney RM 2 Héctor Bellerín CM 25 Mohamed ElnenyCM 34 Granit XhakaLM 15 Ainsley Maitland-NilesRW 7 Bukayo Saka LW 30 Eddie Nketiah CF 14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (c)Substitutes:GK 1 Bernd LenoDF 4 William SalibaDF 17 Cédric Soares DF 31 Sead Kolašinac MF 28 Joe Willock MF 32 Emile Smith RoweMF 54 James OlayinkaFW 24 Reiss Nelson FW 47 Tyreece John-JulesManager: Mikel Arteta GK 1 AlissonRB 76 Neco Williams CB 12 Joe GomezCB 4 Virgil van DijkLB 26 Andy RobertsonCM 7 James Milner (c) CM 3 FabinhoCM 5 Georginio Wijnaldum RW 11 Mohamed SalahCF 9 Roberto Firmino LW 10 Sadio ManéSubstitutes:GK 13 AdriánDF 21 Kostas TsimikasDF 89 Billy KoumetioMF 8 Naby Keïta MF 16 Marko GrujićMF 17 Curtis Jones MF 67 Harvey ElliottFW 18 Takumi Minamino FW 24 Rhian Brewster Manager: Jürgen Klopp
Man of the Match: Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal)
Assistant referees: Mark Scholes (Berks & Bucks) Marc Perry (Birmingham) Fourth official: Andrew Madley (West Riding) Reserve assistant referee: Dan Robathan (Norfolk) Video assistant referee: David Coote (Nottinghamshire) Assistant video assistant referee: Dan Cook (Hampshire)Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores level Nine named substitutes, of which six may be used
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