Liverpool Beats Man City, Lifts 2022 Community Shield

July 30, 2022

Liverpool drew the first blood of the 2022/2023 season Saturday evening as they defeated Manchester City 3-1 in Saturday’s FA Community Shield reports Prime Business Africa.

New signing Darwin Nunez bought from Benfica for an initial fee of €75 million, made himself an instant fan favourite after capping a lively appearance off the bench with a stoppage time goal to secure the first trophy of the season.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold opened the scoring after 21 minutes of action which was the 100th edition of the prestigious match between the winners of the Premier League and the FA Cup.

Erling Haaland disappointed on the occasion with two glit-edge chances missed by the Norwegian.

Manchester City’s new kid on the block Alvarez scored City’s second goal with a fruitutious effort and had to wait for the VAR to confirm that there was no offside before his goal.

New signing Darwin Nunez scored a late winner to hand the Reds the first bragging rights of the season.

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Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

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