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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Community Shield between Arsenal and Manchester City at Wembley.

FA Community Shield / Matchday 1
Wembley / 10.08.2014
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Tom Adams

Updated 10/08/2014 at 16:52 GMT+1


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Sanchez gets his first touch and drives forward before laying it off to Wilshere, but the ball just skips away from the England midfielder.
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First free kick conceded by new City signing Fernando, who brings down Wilshere.
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KICK OFF. We're underway at Wembley. The Champions vs the FA Cup winners...
14.55
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We're ready to go at Wembley and the sun has even made an appearance just before kick off. Who will come out on top? Tweet me @mjdasilva
14:50
Right then, who will win the Community Shield and take the first silverware (sort of) of the season? Well, David Moyes certainly counts it as a major trophy...
14:45
Samir Nasri not a popular figure of course. And he had something to say about Arsenal fans today: "The abuse doesn't affect me on the pitch, I just think it's stupid," Nasri told several national newspapers. "I'm not an Arsenal fan, I am not from London. If we want to be honest, we are players who look at what is in the best interests for us and our career.
14:35
Manuel Pellegrini on the furore surrounding City's capture of Frank Lampard: "I think as managers we have enough problems with our own teams to be talking about other teams. The only thing I can say is that we have important restrictions about the amount of money we can spend, and Frank Lampard was a free player - we didn't spend any money in bringing him from New York City to Manchester City. I don't understand the reaction of Chelsea fans who say he is a traitor."
14:30
Arsene Wenger: "We are less vulnerable now, that is for sure. In the last two years we bought Ozil and Sanchez - five years ago we would have lost Ozil and Sanchez. We have more money available to buy today than we had five years ago. We can compete better. For years we have lost top players without the ability to replace them because of financial management. It is tiring to lose players - whether it be to Man City or somewhere else - it is the same."
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TEAMS: Arsenal: Szczesny, Debuchy, Chambers, Koscielny, Gibbs; Arteta, Wilshere; Ramsey, Alexis, Cazorla; Sanogo. Subs: Martinez, Monreal, Flamini, Campbell, Rosicky, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Giroud. /// Man City : Caballero, Clichy, Boyata, Nastasic, Kolarov, Navas, Fernando, Toure, Nasri, Jovetic, Dzeko. Subs: Hart, Richards, Rekik, Milner, Sinclair, Silva, Zuculini.
14:20
Two big pieces of team news here at Wembley: Alexis Sanchez, the biggest Premier League signing of the season, starts for Arsenal, while Joe Hart is dropped for Willy Caballero for City. A big statement by Manuel Pellegrini before the start of the season?