Arsenal won their 18 community shield trophy in history after beating Maresca Manchester City 3 : 0

2026 Community Shield Game ends at Principality stadium in Cardiff Arsenal 3 : 0 Manchester City Mikel Arteta Arsenal football club ran a dominant show in Cardiff against Enzo Maresca Manchester City three goals to nothing ( 3 : 0 ) 
Goals from Ricardo Calafiori , Kai Havertz and Captain Martin Odegaard gave Enzo Maresca a nightmare start to his new Manchester City job and ensures Mikel Arteta Arsenal team kicks off the 2026/2027 new season campaign with a significant trophy in the Gunners trophy cabinet 
And this marks it 18 community shield trophy in history for Arsenal after previously winning it back in the years 1930 , 1931 , 1933 , 1934, 1938 , 1948 , 1953 , 1991 , 1998 , 1999, 2002 , 2024 , 2014 , 2015 , 2017 , 2020 , 2023 and now the most recent one in 2026.
THE MATCH STARTING LINE-UP 
ARSENAL FC : Starting Line-up 
D. Raya ( G ), Gabriel , B. White , R. Calafiori , C. Mosquera , M. Lewis-Skelly , Bruno Guimaraes, C. Tzolis , M. Odegaard, N. Madueke, K. Havertz.
SUBSTITUTE: K. Arrizabalaga , M. Dowman , E. Eze , V. Gyokeres , P. Hincapie , M. Merino, D. Rice , B. Saka , M. Zubimendi .
MANCHESTER CITY : Starting Line-up.G. Donnarumma ( G ) , R. Dias , J. Doku , E. Anderson , P. Foden , J. Gvardiol , E. Haaland , A. Khusanov , M. Kovacic , N. O’Reilly , A. Semenyo .
SUBSTITUTE : G. Rulli ( G ) , R. Ait-Nouri , R. Cherki , N. Gonzalez, J. Grealish , M. Guehi , R. Lewis , O. Marmoush , V. Reis .
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS : 
It was an unexpected opening highlight in such a big and crucial encounter between the two big horse power of the English Premier League who battle it all out till the last weeks of last season Premier League tittle before Arsenal won it again after two decades.
And they got the better of Manchester City again in Cardiff in the zero opening minute of the community shield final after Miles Lewis-Skelly threaded a smart through pass across Manchester City backline to find Riccardo Calafiori who finished past Gianluigi Donnarumma inside the opening 24 seconds on the clock .
Mikel Arteta Arsenal side doubled their lead in the 28th minutes. When Kai Havertz met a cross from Tzolis with a close range header that slipped through city goalkeeper Donnarumma. To ends that first half Arsenal 2 : 0 Manchester City.
Mikel Arteta Arsenal side came into the second just as they left in the half time putting the ice on the cake with just three minutes into the second half 48′ Tzolis grabbed his second assist of the afternoon setting up Martin Odegaard and the Arsenal Captain dribble and cut pass City defenders before doing a fake shot and send  the Manchester City goalkeeper the other way and then roll the ball into an empty net .
Enzo Maresca was forced to make a tactical changes in the 53′ minutes removing the struggling Haaland who managed only seven touches the whole 53′ minutes but that didn’t change anything as the 2026 community shield final ended in Cardiff Arsenal 3 : 0 Manchester City F.T
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