Manchester City continued to be unlucky in the Community Shield Cup when they lost 4-1 to Arsenal in a penalty shootout at Wembley Stadium, just now.
Throughout the 90 minutes of the game, the two teams were tied 1-1 and this result was Man's 'hattrick' failure. City after losing 1-0 to Leicester City in 2021 and succumbing 3-1 at the hands of Liverpool last season.
The two main stars of The Citizens, Kevin De Bruyne and Rodri became the players most affected by this defeat after each failed to complete the penalty kick.
At the beginning of the match, the action was more inclined to Man. City is seen dominating the game while Arsenal seems to be just waiting for the right time to launch an attack.
After having the best chance through Kai Havertz in the 25th minute, Arsenal's play improved and five minutes before the end of the first half, the German star was again let down by the agility of the Man goalkeeper. City, Stefan Ortega.
Arsenal's excellent performance continued in the second half until seeing the Man manager. City, Pep Guardiola acted boldly by including Cole Palmer to replace the 'goal machine', Erling Haaland who seems to have disappeared from the radar of the game.
Just 13 minutes after being brought on, Palmer showed his composure to take a deflection that went beyond the reach of Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale.
When the action was in stoppage time, it was Arsenal substitute Leandro Trossard's turn to create a sensation when he scored the equalizer to force the winner to be decided on penalties
De Bruyne's penalty kick just stopped on the crossbar followed by Ramsdale's brilliance that blocked Rodri's kick while Martin Odegaard, Trossard, Bukayo Saka and Fabio Vieira managed to complete the kick for Arsenal.
