Arsenal ease to victory in Community Shield

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Arsenal 3 - 0 Manchester City

Premier League champions Arsenal produced a statement victory over rivals Manchester City to lift the 2026 Community Shield in Cardiff.

Author | DJ

Stadium  | Principality Stadium

Picture of kick off
Kick-off at the 2026 Community Shield

Mikel Arteta’s side took the lead after just 23 seconds when Myles Lewis-Skelly played in Riccardo Calafiori, who calmly slotted the ball past Manchester City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Arsenal doubled their advantage in the 28th minute when Kai Havertz headed home, with summer signing Christos Tzolis nodding Martin Odegaard’s cross back across goal for the German to finish.

Three minutes into the second half, Tzolis found Odegaard inside the City penalty area. The Norwegian sent Donnarumma the wrong way with a superb dummy before placing the ball into the opposite corner.

Arsenal players and fans celebrate
Arsenal players and families celebrate

Victory over the FA Cup holders secured Arsenal’s second trophy in four months and their 18th Community Shield triumph overall.

From a City perspective, this was their first competitive game without Pep Guardiola as their manager in over 10 years. This was definitely an early setback for the new man in charge. This, in many eyes, is only a friendly but he would have expected to cause Arsenal problems than they actually did.  

Greek forward Tzolis was one of the stars of the show for Arsenal

The 24-year-old was directly involved in a league-high 40 goals for Club Brugge last season, scoring 17 times and providing 23 assists Tzolis, who cost Arsenal £34m this summer, is back in England having made 30 appearances for Norwich between 2021 and 2024.

New team-mate Bruno Guimaraes also started Arsenal's win but had a quieter game at the base of the Gunners' midfield.

Lewis-Skelly was another player who impressed by setting up Arsenal's first amid transfer links to Chelsea and Manchester United.

Location: Westgate St, Cardiff CF10 1NS, UK

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