Manchester City opened the 2024-2025 season with a victory over Manchester United as they clinched the 2024 Community Shield at Wembley Stadium earlier today, August 10, 2024.
Manchester United showed a lot of promise in the game and even had an earlier lead scored by Bruno Fernandes canceled for offside. The temporal setback didn’t shake Manchester City as they continued with their attacking-minded style of football.
The first half of the game ended in a 0-0 draw and the second half looked like it would end in the same fashion before Fernandes assisted Alejandro Garnacho for the match opener in the 82nd minute of the encounter.
Unfortunately for coach Erik Ten Hag and his boys, they couldn’t hold on to the lead as Oscar Bobb assisted Bernardo Silva to grab the equalizer in the 89th minute.
Afterward, the two Premier League giants failed to score as the game had to be decided via penalties. Players from both sides converted all their kicks in the first 6 rounds before Jonny…