Liverpool look for payback against City in the first title clash of the season

The Premier League season begins with the first title of the campaign: the Community Shield. In this English Super Cup, the two clubs that dominate English football tournaments face each other: Manchester City, winners of the League last year, and Liverpool, winners of the FA Cup against Chelsea on penalties. However, there is a new twist, the match will not be played at Wembley but at the King Power Stadium in Leicester. Wembley Stadium was not available because of the final of the Women's European Championship.

Pep Guardiola's men are looking forward to this Community Shield with the desire to get off to a good start this new season. They have the Champions League in their sights and, to that end, they have strengthened their attacking line-up: Julián Álvarez, signed in the winter but who stayed at River Plate, and Haaland, who is expected to be a benchmark up front and be the same attacking threat he was in recent years at Dortmund. However, in the last few days, a defensive casualty was confirmed: Laporte, out until September.

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Liverpool, for their part, start this season with a desire for revenge. Losing the Premier League in the last moments and the Champions League final hurt Jurgen Klopp's team a lot. To try to make up for the loss of their striker Mané, the Reds have paid around 75 million euros plus add ons for one of the top strikers on the market, the Uruguayan Darwin Núñez.

Jurgen Klopp's Reds, with Darwin Núñez as its addition and with the news that goalkeeper Alisson will not be available, are looking for their first Community Shield since 2006. Manchester City, which will feature the official debut of Erling Haaland and also possibly Julian Alvarez and Kalvin Phillips, wants to win this trophy for the third time in the last five editions.

Rematch of the 2019 title

Liverpool and Manchester City have already met once in the Community Shield: it was in 2019, with the Manchester side winning on penalties after a 1-1 draw.