2018 FA Community Shield
The match programme cover
Chelsea Manchester City
0 2
Date5 August 2018
VenueWembley Stadium, London
Man of the MatchSergio Agüero (Manchester City)[1]
RefereeJon Moss (West Yorkshire)[2]
Attendance72,724
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The 2018 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield supported by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 96th FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the title holders of the Premier League and FA Cup. It was contested by Manchester City, champions of the 2017–18 Premier League, and Chelsea, the winners of the 2017–18 FA Cup, at Wembley Stadium in London on 5 August 2018. Manchester City won 2–0, with both goals scored by Sergio Agüero, who was named man of the match for his performance.[3][4]

Background

This was Maurizio Sarri's first competitive match in charge of Chelsea; meanwhile, it was Pep Guardiola's second cup final as the manager of Manchester City, following their victory over Arsenal in the 2018 EFL Cup Final.

Manchester City qualified for the competition by winning the 2017–18 Premier League with a record 100 points, the first of any English club in the top-flight since the introduction of the three points for a win rule.[5]

Chelsea were looking to win the Community Shield for the first time since 2009, when they beat Manchester United 4–1 on penalties. They had failed to win any of their last four appearances in the competition. Manchester City had won their last two matches at Wembley, both in 2017–18 – beating Arsenal 3–0 in the EFL Cup Final in February and Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 in the league in April; however, they had not won three consecutive matches at Wembley since March 1970.[6]

The two sides faced each other in the Community Shield once previously, in 2012, a match won 3–2 by Manchester City.

Match

Details

Chelsea0–2Manchester City
Report Agüero 13', 58'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 72,724
Referee: Jon Moss (West Yorkshire)[7]
Chelsea
Manchester City
GK 1 Argentina Willy Caballero
RB 28 Spain César Azpilicueta (c)
CB 2 Germany Antonio Rüdiger
CB 30 Brazil David Luiz
LB 3 Spain Marcos Alonso
CM 4 Spain Cesc Fàbregas downward-facing red arrow 60'
CM 5 Italy Jorginho
CM 8 England Ross Barkley
RF 11 Spain Pedro downward-facing red arrow 79'
CF 29 Spain Álvaro Morata downward-facing red arrow 69'
LF 20 England Callum Hudson-Odoi downward-facing red arrow 60'
Substitutes:
GK 59 Poland Marcin Bułka
DF 21 Italy Davide Zappacosta
DF 27 Denmark Andreas Christensen
MF 6 England Danny Drinkwater upward-facing green arrow 60'
MF 15 Nigeria Victor Moses upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 22 Brazil Willian upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 19 England Tammy Abraham upward-facing green arrow 69'
Head coach:
Italy Maurizio Sarri
GK 1 Chile Claudio Bravo
RB 2 England Kyle Walker
CB 5 England John Stones downward-facing red arrow 90+4'
CB 14 France Aymeric Laporte downward-facing red arrow 87'
LB 22 France Benjamin Mendy
CM 20 Portugal Bernardo Silva
CM 25 Brazil Fernandinho (c)
CM 47 England Phil Foden downward-facing red arrow 75'
RF 26 Algeria Riyad Mahrez downward-facing red arrow 68'
CF 10 Argentina Sergio Agüero downward-facing red arrow 80'
LF 19 Germany Leroy Sané downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutes:
GK 31 Brazil Ederson
DF 4 Belgium Vincent Kompany upward-facing green arrow 80'
DF 30 Argentina Nicolás Otamendi upward-facing green arrow 87'
MF 8 Germany İlkay Gündoğan upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 55 Spain Brahim Díaz upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 81 France Claudio Gomes upward-facing green arrow 90+4'
FW 33 Brazil Gabriel Jesus upward-facing green arrow 68'
Manager:
Spain Pep Guardiola

Man of the Match:
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City)[1]

Assistant referees:[7]
Adam Nunn (Wiltshire)
Eddie Smart (West Midlands)
Fourth official:[7]
Paul Tierney (Lancashire)
Reserve assistant referee:[7]
Dan Cook (Hampshire)
Video assistant referee:[7]
Stuart Attwell (West Midlands)
Assistant video assistant referee:[7]
Andrew Halliday (Army)

Match rules[8]

  • 90 minutes
  • Penalty shoot-out (ABBA) if scores level
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to six may be used

References

  1. ^ a b Burt, Jason; Hurrey, Adam (5 August 2018). "Sergio Aguero double seals Community Shield for Manchester City as sloppy Chelsea give Maurizio Sarri plenty to ponder". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Jon Moss to referee FA Community Shield between Chelsea and Man City". The FA. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Chelsea 0 Man City 2: as it happened". Guardian. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Chelsea 0 Man City 2". BBC Sport. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  5. ^ Mooney, David (14 May 2018). "Man City's 100-point haul equal to United treble winners and Arsenal 'Invincibles'". ESPN.com.
  6. ^ "Community Shield 2018: When is the game being held and who is playing?". talkSPORT. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Jon Moss to referee FA Community Shield between Chelsea and Man City". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Rules of the Football Association Community Shield" (PDF). TheFA.com. The Football Association. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
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