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Arteta delighted as Arsenal win Community Shield: Havertz was superb

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was delighted after winning the Community Shield against Manchester City.

Cole Palmer had City ahead of 77 minutes before Leandro Trossard struck a 101st minute equaliser to take the game to penalties. Kevin de Bruyne and Rodri missed their spotkicks in the shootout as Arsenal won the traditional curtain raiser.

Arteta later said: "It feels great. I don't think it gets much better than winning a trophy in Wembley against the best team in the world, and to do it the way we've done it. It's really encouraging, I think we had some great moments in the game, especially in the first half with three massive chances but unfortunately when you don't put them away, you know what can happen.

"We had a little error in midfield and didn't clear the ball, and the next second the ball is in the back of the net and the game is very difficult to play, but I think we made the right choices. The changes helped the formation, and we kept some belief and momentum and that allowed us to win the game with the goal and then the penalties.

"It's great, that's why we are here - to win trophies for this football club and make it successful. Just the joy of seeing so many happy and proud people and the connection again doing it for our supporters in Wembley feels very different, and that's great."

On Kai Havertz's performance, Arteta added: "He was superb, the way he pressed and how intelligent he is to try and understand certain spaces and the timing of it, he was great and got in great positions to score. He was unlucky not to score but he was very physical when he needed to be, so I was very pleased with him."

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