In the traditional curtain raiser to the English Premier League season, Arsene Wenger’s men forced the game into shootouts with a late equaliser, before edging the reigning champions with some flawless penalty taking.
It’s the 15th time the Gunners have been crowned Community Shield winners, and their third in the last four years, including victory over Chelsea in 2015.
Gunners new boy Sead Kolasinac had struck late to take the seasonal curtain-raiser to spot-kicks after Victor Moses had looked set to gain revenge for 10-man Chelsea ’s FA Cup Final defeat in May
The Nigeria wing-back, sent off three months ago, rammed the ball home a minute into the second half after Arsenal failed to clear a corner.
But Kolasinac, signed on a free transfer from Schalke, headed home with eight minutes left after Pedro was sent off for a foul on Mohamed Elneny.
With no extra-time, and the new ABBA penalty format in place, Olivier Giroud scored the winning spot-kick.
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