Community Shield: Arsenal thrash Man City to win first silverware of season

Arsenal thrashed Manchester City 3-0 successful this year’s Community Shield, to triumph archetypal silverware of the 2026/2027 campaign.

The Gunners came retired flying successful the crippled played astatine the Principality Stadium successful Cardiff, South Wales.

They took the pb wrong the opening seconds, aft Myles Lewis-Skelly recovered Riccardo Calafiori wrong the box.

Calafiori kept his composure to descent location the ball, aft his compatriot Gianluigi Donnarumma had dived early.

Arsenal made it 2-0 earlier the break, with Donnarumma fumbling Kai Havertz’s header into the net.

The Premier League champions made the scoreline emphatic aft Martin Odegaard dribbled into the country to people the third.

Mikel Arteta’s men volition statesman the defence of their rubric against Coventry City on Friday, portion City play Bournemouth.

Community Shield: Arsenal thrash Man City to triumph archetypal silverware of season