Community Shield: Nunez Outshines Haaland As Liverpool Beat Manchester City
Liverpool struck first blood towards Manchester Metropolis forward of the brand new Premier League season as Darwin Nunez made an on the spot impression for Jurgen Klopp’s males to win the Neighborhood Protect 3-1. In a story of two massive summer time signings, Nunez got here off the bench to win a penalty and rating his first objective since a 75-million euro ($77 million) transfer from Benfica, whereas Erling Haaland had a Metropolis debut to overlook. Trent Alexander-Arnold‘s blistering strike gave Liverpool a deserved half-time lead in Leicester. But it surely was Metropolis’s different new ahead who hauled Pep Guardiola’s males again into the sport after the break as Julian Alvarez equalised. Tying down Mohamed Salah to a brand new three-year deal was Liverpool’s different main piece of summer time enterprise and the Egyptian was lethal from the penalty spot after Nunez’s header was dealt with by Ruben Dias. The Uruguayan then acquired his personal glory second by stooping to go dwelling in stoppage time earlier than tearing off his shirt in celebration. Victory noticed Liverpool win the normal season curtain-raiser for the primary time since 2006 and lay down an early marker in what…