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2011 FA Community Shield
Date 7 August 2011
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Nani (Manchester United)
Referee Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)[1]
Attendance 77,169
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The 2011 FA Community Shield was the 89th FA Community Shield, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. The match was the 160th Manchester derby between Manchester United and Manchester City and played at Wembley Stadium, London, on 7 August 2011.[2] Manchester United won the game 3–2, with goals from Chris Smalling and Nani (2), after Joleon Lescott and Edin Džeko had put City 2–0 up at half-time.[3]

Manchester United qualified to take part for the fifth consecutive year by winning the 2010–11 Premier League title and Manchester City qualified by winning the 2010–11 FA Cup. United successfully defended the shield to win it for the fourth time in five years, having beaten Chelsea 3–1 in the 2010 match.

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Background

The two teams lining up for the national anthem

This was only the second occasion the two teams had met in the competition, with the first being the 1956 FA Charity Shield, which United won 1–0. Both teams secured their place in the 2011 Community Shield on the same day, 14 May 2011, when United clinched the 2010–11 Premier League title with a 1–1 draw against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park and City beating Stoke City 1–0 later in the day in the 2011 FA Cup Final.

Match details

7 August 2011
14:30 BST
Manchester City 2–3 Manchester United Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 77,169
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)[1]
Lescott Goal 38'
Džeko Goal 45+1'
Report Smalling Goal 52'
Nani Goal 58'90+4'
Manchester City
Manchester United
GK 25 England Joe Hart
RB 2 England Micah Richards Booked in the 22nd minute 22'
CB 4 Belgium Vincent Kompany (c)
CB 6 England Joleon Lescott
LB 13 Serbia Aleksandar Kolarov Booked in the 60th minute 60' Substituted off in the 73rd minute 73'
CM 34 Netherlands Nigel de Jong
CM 7 England James Milner Booked in the 55th minute 55' Substituted off in the 67th minute 67'
AM 42 Côte d'Ivoire Yaya Touré Booked in the 34th minute 34'
RW 21 Spain David Silva
LW 45 Italy Mario Balotelli Substituted off in the 59th minute 59'
CF 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko Booked in the 19th minute 19'
Substitutes:
GK 12 England Stuart Taylor
DF 15 Montenegro Stefan Savić
DF 22 France Gaël Clichy Substituted on in the 73rd minute 73'
MF 8 England Shaun Wright-Phillips
MF 11 England Adam Johnson Substituted on in the 67th minute 67'
MF 18 England Gareth Barry Substituted on in the 59th minute 59'
FW 16 Argentina Sergio Agüero
Manager:
Italy Roberto Mancini
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GK 1 Spain David de Gea
RB 12 England Chris Smalling
CB 5 England Rio Ferdinand Substituted off in the 46th minute 46'
CB 15 Serbia Nemanja Vidić (c) Substituted off in the 46th minute 46'
LB 3 France Patrice Evra Booked in the 40th minute 40' Substituted off in the 71st minute 71'
RM 17 Portugal Nani
CM 16 England Michael Carrick Substituted off in the 46th minute 46'
CM 8 Brazil Anderson Booked in the 19th minute 19'
LM 18 England Ashley Young
CF 10 England Wayne Rooney
CF 19 England Danny Welbeck Substituted off in the 89th minute 89'
Substitutes:
GK 34 Denmark Anders Lindegaard
DF 4 England Phil Jones Substituted on in the 46th minute 46'
DF 21 Brazil Rafael Substituted on in the 71st minute 71'
DF 23 Northern Ireland Jonny Evans Substituted on in the 46th minute 46'
MF 13 South Korea Park Ji-Sung
MF 35 England Tom Cleverley Substituted on in the 46th minute 46'
FW 9 Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov Substituted on in the 89th minute 89'
Manager:
Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson
Man of the match
Match officials
Match rules
  • 90 minutes
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores level after 90 minutes
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of six substitutions

Statistics

City United
Total shots 8 21
Shots on target 6 12
Ball possession 44% 56%
Corner kicks 8 7
Fouls committed 14 11
Offsides 2 1
Yellow cards 5 2
Red cards 0 0

Source: BBC Sport[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Dowd to referee Community Shield". TheFA.com (The Football Association). 23 June 2011. http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACommunityShield/NewsAndFeatures/2011/dowd-230611. Retrieved 23 June 2011. 
  2. ^ "The FA Community Shield 2011". Wembley Stadium. http://www.wembleystadium.com/Events/2011/The-FA-Community-Shield-2011/The-FA-Community-Shield-2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Bevan, Chris (7 August 2011). "Man City 2–3 Man Utd". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14420151.stm. Retrieved 8 August 2011. 
  4. ^ Mawhinney, Stuart (7 August 2011). "United take the spoils in Shield classic". TheFA.com (The Football Association). http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACommunityShield/FAMatchCentre/2011/ManchesterCityvManchesterUnited/Match-Report. Retrieved 7 August 2011. 

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