2011 FA Community Shield

The 2011 FA Community Shield 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. 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.
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==
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 later in the day in the 2011 FA Cup Final.
== Match details ==
	
 
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
GK 	25 	Joe Hart 	 	
RB 	2 	Micah Richards 	 	
CB 	4 	Vincent Kompany (c) 	 	
CB 	6 	Joleon Lescott 	 	
LB 	13 	Aleksandar Kolarov 	 	
CM 	34 	Nigel de Jong 	 	
CM 	7 	James Milner 	 	
AM 	42 	Yaya Touré 	 	
RW 	21 	David Silva 	 	
LW 	45 	Mario Balotelli 	 	
CF 	10 	Edin Džeko 	 	
Substitutes: 	Substitutes: 	Substitutes: 	 	
GK 	12 	Stuart Taylor 	 	
DF 	15 	Stefan Savić 	 	
DF 	22 	Gaël Clichy 	 	
MF 	8 	Shaun Wright-Phillips	 	
MF 	11 	Adam Johnson 	 	
MF 	18 	Gareth Barry 	 	
FW 	16 	Sergio Agüero 	 	
Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	 	
Roberto Mancini	Roberto Mancini	Roberto Mancini 	Roberto Mancini	
;Man of the match
* Nani (Manchester United)
;Match officials
*Assistant referees:
**Simon Long (Cornwall)
**Andrew Garratt ([Staffordshire)
*Fourth official: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
*Reserve official: Scott Ledger (South Yorkshire)	
;Match rules
*90 minutes
*Penalty shoot-out if scores level after 90 minutes
*Seven named substitutes
*Maximum of six substitutions
===Statistics=== 
 	City	United
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
==See also==
*2010–11 Premier League
*2010–11 FA Cup
*1956 FA Charity Shield – the only previous occasion the Charity or Community Shield has been contested by the two Manchester clubs
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