Liverpool beat Man City to win Community Shield as Darwin Nunez outshines Erling Haaland

Liverpool beat Manchester City 3-1 to win the Community Shield on Saturday in an enjoyable game, as Darwin Nunez outshone his fellow summer signing Erling Haaland.

Trent Alexander-Arnold opened the scoring for Liverpool 21 minutes into the game with an impressive swept finish from the edge of the penalty box.

Julian Alvarez – another new arrival at City but with less fanfare than Haaland – came off the bench to equalise in the second half, but parity did not last long.

Yet another new signing, Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez, saw a header crash into Ruben Dias’ hand to win a penalty with just seven minutes to play, which Mohamed Salah converted.

It was Nunez who rounded off the scoring, with a diving header deep into stoppage time, converting a pull-back from Andy Robertson on the left wing.

It was a high-paced, entertaining contest in Leicester, but Haaland will have disappointed some onlookers who wanted to see the prolific striker show off his talents.

The 22-year-old could not really pose much of a threat to the Liverpool defence, marshalled by Virgil van Dijk, and both his finishing and first touch was not as sharp as he would have hoped, even hitting the bar from six yards with only a sprawling Adrian in front of him.

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It was a high energy start to the game, but Liverpool seemed clearly the sharper of the two sides from early on.

Mohamed Salah was giving Joao Cancelo big problems on Liverpool’s right flank in the opening stages, with the Portuguese not looking comfortable at all with his task of dealing with the