2011 FA Community Shield

2011 FA Community Shield

Match programme cover
Date 7 August 2011
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Nani (Manchester United)
Referee Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)[1]
Attendance 77,169
Weather Rain
16 °C (61 °F)[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

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.

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
Lescott  38'
Džeko  45+1' 		Report Smalling  52'
Nani  58', 90+4'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 77,169
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)[1]
Manchester City
Manchester United
GK 25England Joe Hart
RB 2 England Micah Richards  22'
CB 4 Belgium Vincent Kompany (c)
CB 6 England Joleon Lescott
LB 13Serbia Aleksandar Kolarov  60'  73'
CM 34Netherlands Nigel de Jong
CM 7 England James Milner  55'  67'
AM 42Ivory Coast Yaya Touré  34'
RW 21Spain David Silva
LW 45Italy Mario Balotelli  59'
CF 10Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko  19'
Substitutes:
GK 12England Stuart Taylor
DF 15Montenegro Stefan Savić
DF 22France Gaël Clichy  73'
MF 8 England Shaun Wright-Phillips
MF 11England Adam Johnson  67'
MF 18England Gareth Barry  59'
FW 16Argentina Sergio Agüero
Manager:
Italy Roberto Mancini
GK 1 Spain David de Gea
RB 12England Chris Smalling
CB 5 England Rio Ferdinand  46'
CB 15Serbia Nemanja Vidić (c)  46'
LB 3 France Patrice Evra  40'  71'
RM 17Portugal Nani
CM 16England Michael Carrick  46'
CM 8 Brazil Anderson  19'
LM 18England Ashley Young
CF 10England Wayne Rooney
CF 19England Danny Welbeck  89'
Substitutes:
GK 34Denmark Anders Lindegaard
DF 4 England Phil Jones  46'
DF 21Brazil Rafael  71'
DF 23Northern Ireland Jonny Evans  46'
MF 13South Korea Park Ji-sung
MF 35England Tom Cleverley  46'
FW 9 Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov  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[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Dowd to referee Community Shield". TheFA.com (The Football Association). 23 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/EGLL/2011/8/7/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA
  3. ↑ "The FA Community Shield 2011". Wembley Stadium. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bevan, Chris (7 August 2011). "Man City 2–3 Man Utd". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  5. ↑ Mawhinney, Stuart (7 August 2011). "United take the spoils in Shield classic". TheFA.com (The Football Association). Retrieved 7 August 2011.