2011 FA Community Shield
# 2011 FA Community Shield

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. 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 a few hours later in the 2011 FA Cup Final.

## Match details

| Manchester City | Manchester United |
| - | - |

Joe Hart :

| RB | 2 | Micah Richards | 22' |
| - | - | - | - |
| CB | 4 | Vincent Kompany (c) |
| CB | 6 | Joleon Lescott |
| LB | 13 | Aleksandar Kolarov | 60' | 73' |
| CM | 34 | Nigel de Jong |
| CM | 7 | James Milner | 55' | 67' |
| AM | 42 | Yaya Touré | 34' |
| RW | 21 | David Silva |
| LW | 45 | Mario Balotelli | | 59' |
| CF | 10 | Edin Džeko | 19' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 12 | Stuart Taylor |
| DF | 15 | Stefan Savić |
| DF | 22 | Gaël Clichy | | 73' |
| MF | 8 | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| MF | 11 | Adam Johnson | | 67' |
| MF | 18 | Gareth Barry | | 59' |
| FW | 16 | Sergio Agüero |
| Manager: |||
| Roberto Mancini ||||

David de Gea :

| RB | 12 | Chris Smalling |
| - | - | - |
| CB | 5 | Rio Ferdinand | | 46' |
| CB | 15 | Nemanja Vidić (c) | | 46' |
| LB | 3 | Patrice Evra | 40' | 71' |
| RM | 17 | Nani |
| CM | 16 | Michael Carrick | | 46' |
| CM | 8 | Anderson | 19' |
| LM | 18 | Ashley Young |
| CF | 10 | Wayne Rooney |
| CF | 19 | Danny Welbeck | | 89' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 34 | Anders Lindegaard |
| DF | 4 | Phil Jones | | 46' |
| DF | 21 | Rafael | | 71' |
| DF | 23 | Jonny Evans | | 46' |
| MF | 13 | Park Ji-sung |
| MF | 35 | Tom Cleverley | | 46' |
| FW | 9 | Dimitar Berbatov | | 89' |
| Manager: |||
| Sir Alex Ferguson ||||
| 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

