ARSENAL may have finally beaten Manchester City but their Community Shield success could spell disaster for their title ambitions.
The Gunners struck lucky beating City on penalties at Wembley after Leandro Trossard's last-gasp deflected equaliser.
Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale was the penalty shoot-out hero and he believes getting one over on City will be decisive in gaining the upper hand in a title race.
Arsenal had lost each of their previous eight matches against the Citizens.
But winning the Community Shield is far from a guarantee of Premier League success – in fact only on one occasion has a team gone on to win the league after victory in the Community Shield since 2011.
2022 – Liverpool 3-1 Manchester City
The Community Shield was held at the King Power Stadium – the only occasion it has taken place outside of Wembley in the last 11 years.
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The game pitted two blockbuster striker signings against each other – Darwin Nunez and Erling Haaland, with the former coming out on top as he scored in a 3-1 win.
However Haaland had the last laugh as he broke the Premier League goalscoring record for a single season on the way to winning the title.
2021 – Leicester 1-0 Manchester City
FA Cup champions Leicester pulled off a surprise thanks to Kelechi Iheanacho's late penalty.
However it was City who went on to win the league as the Foxes finished eighth.
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2020 – Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool (5-4pens)
Held in front of an empty Wembley due to Covid-19 restrictions, Arsenal picked up the shield after scoring five out of five penalties.
Rhian Brewster missed for the Reds to make it back-to-back Community Shield defeats for Jurgen Klopp's side, while City regained the Premier League trophy the following May.
2019 – Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool (5-4 pens)
City came out on top in the early season clash but Liverpool went on to win the league with seven games to spare.
The 2019 Community Shield will be remembered for the introduction of the ABBA penalty shoot-out system, with Gabriel Jesus firing home the winning penalty.
2018 – Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea
Pep Guardiola's side of 2018-19 is the only team of the past 12 years to win both the Community Shield and the Prem in the same season.
Sergio Aguero struck either side of half-time in one of Phil Foden's first starts for the club.
2017 – Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea (4-1 pens)
Arsenal again proved victorious on penalties after Sead Kolasinac cancelled out Victor Moses' opener earlier on.
But neither side came close to rivalling City as they won the league at a canter with 100 points.
2016 – Manchester United 2-1 Leicester
Jesse Lingard and Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored either side of a Jamie Vardy strike to hand Jose Mourinho a perfect start to his United reign.
But Antonio Conte's Chelsea proved unstoppable in the league with the Red Devils finishing sixth.
2015 – Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea
Arsenal's success in the Community Shield stretches back several years and they had Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to thank for victory in 2015.
They were in the title race for much of the season that followed but finished second to Leicester.
2014 – Arsenal 3-0 Manchester City
Arsene Wenger's side were far too dominant as Arteta lifted the shield alongside Tomas Rosicky.
The Gunners went on to finish third with City one place above them as Chelsea won the league.
2013 – Manchester United 2-0 Wigan
Robin van Persie helped United achieve what City couldn't by beating Wigan at Wembley – months on from the Latics' FA Cup triumph.
However their rivals would go on to claim their second Prem title as United finished seventh after sacking David Moyes.
2012 – Manchester City 3-2 Chelsea
Three second-half goals in 12 minutes gave the Citizens a memorable win over Chelsea with Samir Nasri grabbing the winner.
But United proved too much for them the following season as Van Persie fired Sir Alex Ferguson's side to the title – their last Prem win.
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2011 – Manchester United 3-2 Manchester City
The last Manchester Derby in the Community Shield was decided by a dramatic last-minute winner from Nani.
A last-second goal would decide the outcome of the Premier League too as Aguero's goal against QPR snatched the title from United's grasp.
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