Hello and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE digital coverage as Liverpool host Arsenal in the Community Shield, the traditional curtain raiser to the season, just 34 days after the Premier League season finished. Kick-off at Wembley is at 16:30 BST.
FA Community Shield / Matchday 1
Wembley / 29.08.2020
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- P. Aubameyang(12')
- T. Minamino(73')
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Updated 29/08/2020 at 17:33 GMT
1'
Wembley have not covered the seats with any banners behind the goal posts, looks strange seeing all of the empty red seats.
1st Half
16:30
KICK OFF: Liverpool get us underway.
16:25
COUNTDOWN: 5 minutes till kick-off at Wembley!
16:20
It's stat time. Since his Liverpool debut in 2015, Roberto Firmino has both scored (8) and been directly involved (11 - 8 goals, 3 assists) in more goals against Arsenal in all competitions than against any other opponent.
16:15
Jordan Henderson, in typical bullish fashion, says Liverpool are hungry for more success and they have put last season's title win behind them.
"To be honest, we haven't spoken about it [winning the league]," the Liverpool captain told the club's website.
"It's more about, 'Have you enjoyed your holiday?'
"We've been cracking on, really working hard. New season, new start and a lot more things we want to go on and achieve."
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16:05
Mikel Arteta insists redundancies were needed at Arsenal to protect the club's future as he moved to defend the transfer business which followed the announcement of 55 redundancies.
Willian has signed a three-year contract, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is expected to agree a new contract, and Lille defender Gabriel Magalhaes could be confirmed in the coming days.
Arteta said: "If you are only looking at the financial point of view you can get some contradictory messages.
"But what is very clear is that the club had a very thorough plan of how they needed to restructure in order to function better and be more stable for the future.
"They were very convincing with every argument they gave to all of us that it was the right thing to do."
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In the buildup to the game, Jurgen Klopp has ruled Liverpool out of the mix to sign a certain Barcelona player.
15:55
Compared to the Gunners side that won the FA Cup final, there is no Pepe, Lacazette, Willian and Sokratis today. And despite the clean slate no Ozil or Guendouzi in the squad.
For the Premier League champions, Neco Williams starts at right-back.
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15:45
LIVERPOOL: Alisson, Williams, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Milner, Wijnaldum, Mane, Salah, Firmino...Subs: Adrian, Keita, Grujic, Jones, Minamino, Tsimikas, Brewster, Elliott, Koumetio.
15:40
ARSENAL: Martinez, Bellerin, Luiz, Holding, Tierney, Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Xhaka, Saka, Nketiah, Aubameyang...Subs: Leno, Cedric, Saliba, Kolasinac, Olatinka, Willock, Nelson, Smith Rowe, John-Jules.
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