Manchester City won the Community Shield for the second year in a row after a 5-4 penalty shoot-out defeat of Liverpool following a 1-1 draw at Wembley. City were the best team in the first 45 minutes even after losing Bayern Munich-linked Leroy Sane to injury, with Raheem Sterling giving them a deserved half-time lead with his first goal against Liverpool in his 11th outing versus his old club.

Jurgen Klopp’s side improved after the break, though, and Joel Matip’s leveller was just reward for their efforts, as City started to wilt in the warm conditions. The excellent Claudio Bravo made sure the game went to penalties and proved the hero when he kept out Georginio Wijnaldum’s effort, allowing Gabriel Jesus to seal victory.

After the game, Klopp was seen with Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne dicussing. The former Borussia Dortmund revealed what they discussed and also comment on the performance of his team.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on BT Sport: “Wow, it was a really good performance, a powerful one in the second half. Both teams had a similar pre-season, I spoke to Kevin de Bruyne after the game and we both said we don’t really know where we are yet.

“The least we deserved was the equaliser, one save decided it and I cannot be disappointed today. The performance was much more important today than a win. We know we are still here, we can still play proper football. “In the first half we could have adjusted better, but we had chances as well. In the second half we changed a few things, we wanted it and in the end it was a little bit lucky. Congratulations to City.”