SportsArsenal Defeats Chelsea 4-1 On Penalties To Win Community Shield

Arsenal Defeats Chelsea 4-1 On Penalties To Win Community Shield

BEVERLY HILLS, August 06, (THEWILL) – Arsenal football club defeated Chelsea football club on Sunday to win the 2017 English FA Community Shield.

The Gunners achieved this feat through penalty kicks as the game ended one all at the end of 90 mins.

The first half of the game ended 0-0 but Nigeria’s Victor Moses opened scoring for Chelsea at the start of the second half to make the game 1-0.

Arsenal fought back and were rewarded as new signing, ‪Sead Kolasinac, equalized for Arsenal on the 83 minute following a red card to Chelsea’s Pedro.

The game then proceeded to penalties and Arsenal Olivier Giroud duly converted Arsenal’s fourth kick to give the Gunners another Wembley win over their London rivals, fresh from defeating them in the FA Cup final in May.

Judging by the murmurs that reverberated around Wembley when Nacho Monreal stepped up to take his spot-kick, not every supporter in the stadium is yet accustomed with the new ‘ABBA’ shootout format.

While the winner does still take it all, players from either side no longer take it in turns. Instead, Monreal followed team-mate Theo Walcott in slotting home.

The change is designed to make shootouts fairer – reducing the advantage for the team taking the first penalty and it certainly worked out that way for Arsenal at Wembley.

Chelsea captain Cahil scored his penalty kick while goalkeeper Courtois and new signing Alvaro Morata missed theirs as Arsenal players scored four times to give the club the 15th Community Shield in their history.

The victory means Arsenal football club have won the Community Shield for the third time in four seasons.

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