2011 FA Community Shield

{{Infobox football match

| title = 2011 FA Community Shield

| image = 2011_Community_Shield_programme.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption = The match programme cover

| team1 = Manchester City

| team1score = 2

| team2 = Manchester United

| team2score = 3

| details =

| date = 7 August 2011

| stadium = Wembley Stadium

| city = London

| man_of_the_match1a = Nani (Manchester United)

| referee = Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

| attendance = 77,169

| weather = Rain
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| previous = 2010

| next = 2012

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The 2011 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 89th FA Community Shield, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. The match was the 160th Manchester derby between Manchester United and Manchester City and played at Wembley Stadium, London, on 7 August 2011.{{cite web |title=The FA Community Shield 2011 |url=http://www.wembleystadium.com/Events/2011/The-FA-Community-Shield-2011/The-FA-Community-Shield-2011 |publisher=Wembley Stadium |access-date=9 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202173645/http://www.wembleystadium.com/Events/2011/The-FA-Community-Shield-2011/The-FA-Community-Shield-2011 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |url-status=dead }} Manchester United won the game 3–2, with goals from Chris Smalling and Nani (2), after Joleon Lescott and Edin Džeko had put City 2–0 up at half-time.{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Bevan |title=Man City 2–3 Man Utd |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14420151.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 August 2011 |access-date=8 August 2011 }}

Manchester United qualified to take part for the fifth consecutive year by winning the 2010–11 Premier League title and Manchester City qualified by winning the 2010–11 FA Cup. United successfully defended the shield to win it for the fourth time in five years, having beaten Chelsea 3–1 in the 2010 match.

Background

File:2011 Community Shield Teams.jpg]]

This was only the second occasion the two teams had met in the competition, with the first being the 1956 FA Charity Shield, which United won 1–0. Both teams secured their place in the 2011 Community Shield on the same day, 14 May 2011, when United clinched the 2010–11 Premier League title with a 1–1 draw against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park and City beating Stoke City 1–0 a few hours later in the 2011 FA Cup final.

Match details

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|date=7 August 2011

|time=14:30 BST

|team1=Manchester City

|score=2–3

|report=[http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACommunityShield/FAMatchCentre/2011/ManchesterCityvManchesterUnited/Match-Report Report]

|team2=Manchester United

|goals1=Lescott {{goal|38}}
Džeko {{goal|45+1}}

|goals2=Smalling {{goal|52}}
Nani {{goal|58||90+4}}

|stadium=Wembley Stadium, London

|attendance=77,169

|referee=Phil Dowd (Staffordshire) }}

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GK	25	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Joe Hart
RB	2	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Micah Richards	{{yel\|22}}
CB	4	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Vincent Kompany (c)
CB	6	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Joleon Lescott
LB	13	{{flagicon\|SRB}} Aleksandar Kolarov	{{yel\|60}}	{{suboff\|73}}
CM	34	{{flagicon\|NED}} Nigel de Jong
CM	7	{{flagicon\|ENG}} James Milner	{{yel\|55}}	{{suboff\|67}}
AM	42	{{flagicon\|CIV}} Yaya Touré	{{yel\|34}}
RW	21	{{flagicon\|ESP}} David Silva
LW	45	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Mario Balotelli		{{suboff\|59}}
CF	10	{{flagicon\|BIH}} Edin Džeko	{{yel\|19}}
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	12	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Stuart Taylor
DF	15	{{flagicon\|MNE}} Stefan Savić
DF	22	{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} Gaël Clichy		{{subon\|73}}
MF	8	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Shaun Wright-Phillips
MF	11	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Adam Johnson		{{subon\|67}}
MF	18	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Gareth Barry		{{subon\|59}}
FW	16	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Sergio Agüero
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=4\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} Roberto Mancini

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GK	1	{{flagicon\|ESP}} David de Gea
RB	12	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Chris Smalling
CB	5	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Rio Ferdinand		{{suboff\|46}}
CB	15	{{flagicon\|SRB}} Nemanja Vidić (c)		{{suboff\|46}}
LB	3	{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} Patrice Evra	{{yel\|40}}	{{suboff\|71}}
RM	17	{{flagicon\|POR}} Nani
CM	16	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Michael Carrick		{{suboff\|46}}
CM	8	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Anderson	{{yel\|19}}
LM	18	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Ashley Young
CF	10	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Wayne Rooney
CF	19	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Danny Welbeck		{{suboff\|89}}
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	34	{{flagicon\|DEN}} Anders Lindegaard
DF	4	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Phil Jones		{{subon\|46}}
DF	21	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Rafael		{{subon\|71}}
DF	23	{{flagicon\|NIR}} Jonny Evans		{{subon\|46}}
MF	13	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Park Ji-sung
MF	35	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Tom Cleverley		{{subon\|46}}
FW	9	{{flagicon\|BUL}} Dimitar Berbatov		{{subon\|89}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=4\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Sir Alex Ferguson

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Man of the match

Nani (Manchester United){{cite news |first=Stuart |last=Mawhinney |title=United take the spoils in Shield classic |url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACommunityShield/FAMatchCentre/2011/ManchesterCityvManchesterUnited/Match-Report |work=TheFA.com |publisher=The Football Association |date=7 August 2011 |access-date=7 August 2011 }}

Match officials

Assistant referees:
Simon Long (Cornwall){{cite news |title=Dowd to referee Community Shield |url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACommunityShield/NewsAndFeatures/2011/dowd-230611 |work=TheFA.com |publisher=The Football Association |date=23 June 2011 |access-date=23 June 2011 }}
Andrew Garratt (Staffordshire)
Fourth official: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
Reserve official: Scott Ledger (South Yorkshire)

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Match rules

90 minutes
Penalty shoot-out if scores level after 90 minutes
Seven named substitutes
Maximum of six substitutions

=Statistics=

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class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Total shots	8	21
Shots on target	6	12
Ball possession	44%	56%
Corner kicks	8	7
Fouls committed	14	11
Offsides	2	1
Yellow cards	5	2
Red cards	0	0

Source: BBC Sport

References

2011

Category:2011–12 in English football

Category:2011 in sport in London

Charity Shield 2011

Category:Sports events at Wembley Stadium

Category:August 2011 sports events in the United Kingdom

Community Shield 2011

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style="width:100%"
style="vertical-align:top; width:50%"\| {\| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
colspan="4"\|
GK	25	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Joe Hart
RB	2	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Micah Richards	{{yel\|22}}
CB	4	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Vincent Kompany (c)
CB	6	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Joleon Lescott
LB	13	{{flagicon\|SRB}} Aleksandar Kolarov	{{yel\|60}}	{{suboff\|73}}
CM	34	{{flagicon\|NED}} Nigel de Jong
CM	7	{{flagicon\|ENG}} James Milner	{{yel\|55}}	{{suboff\|67}}
AM	42	{{flagicon\|CIV}} Yaya Touré	{{yel\|34}}
RW	21	{{flagicon\|ESP}} David Silva
LW	45	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Mario Balotelli		{{suboff\|59}}
CF	10	{{flagicon\|BIH}} Edin Džeko	{{yel\|19}}
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	12	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Stuart Taylor
DF	15	{{flagicon\|MNE}} Stefan Savić
DF	22	{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} Gaël Clichy		{{subon\|73}}
MF	8	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Shaun Wright-Phillips
MF	11	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Adam Johnson		{{subon\|67}}
MF	18	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Gareth Barry		{{subon\|59}}
FW	16	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Sergio Agüero
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=4\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} Roberto Mancini

width=25\|	width=25\|
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:auto"
colspan="4"\|
GK	1	{{flagicon\|ESP}} David de Gea
RB	12	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Chris Smalling
CB	5	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Rio Ferdinand		{{suboff\|46}}
CB	15	{{flagicon\|SRB}} Nemanja Vidić (c)		{{suboff\|46}}
LB	3	{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} Patrice Evra	{{yel\|40}}	{{suboff\|71}}
RM	17	{{flagicon\|POR}} Nani
CM	16	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Michael Carrick		{{suboff\|46}}
CM	8	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Anderson	{{yel\|19}}
LM	18	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Ashley Young
CF	10	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Wayne Rooney
CF	19	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Danny Welbeck		{{suboff\|89}}
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	34	{{flagicon\|DEN}} Anders Lindegaard
DF	4	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Phil Jones		{{subon\|46}}
DF	21	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Rafael		{{subon\|71}}
DF	23	{{flagicon\|NIR}} Jonny Evans		{{subon\|46}}
MF	13	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Park Ji-sung
MF	35	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Tom Cleverley		{{subon\|46}}
FW	9	{{flagicon\|BUL}} Dimitar Berbatov		{{subon\|89}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=4\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Sir Alex Ferguson

2011 FA Community Shield

Background

Match details

=Statistics=

See also

References