F.A Cup champions Man U. defeated Premier League champions
Leicester City 2-1 today to win the community shield, handing Jose Mourinho and
new star signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic their first silverware with the club.
A Zlatan Ibrahimovic second half goal was all that was
needed to overcome a resilient Leicester City side who had equalized through
Jamie Vardy after youngster Jesse Lingard scored the first goal of the game.
Jose Mourinho started the match with new signing Eric Bailly
and Daley Blind manning the defence while Rooney, Lingard and Superstar Zlatan
Ibrahimovic handled the attack.
Leicester City, still basking in the euphoria of being
crowned Premier League champions started with a team almost identical to their
title winning team of last season with N'golo Kante, who recently signed for
Chelsea the major exception, while new boy Ahmed Musa had to make do with a
place on the bench.
Jesse Lingard, United's FA Cup final match-winner against
Crystal Palace in May, gave new boss Jose Mourinho's men a 32 minute lead with
a stunning solo goal.
He picked the ball up just inside Leicester's half, dribbled
past four Leicester players and slotted
the ball past goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
Nigerian winger Ahmed Musa showed how much of a constant
threat he could be on the wing after he was introduced at halftime alongside
Demarai Gray.
Leicester City hero Jamie Vardy equalised seven minutes into
the second half after pouncing on Marouane Fellaini's poor back-pass and
dribbling past goalkeeper David De Gea.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was standing fractionally offside when
Antonio Valencia delivered a stand-up cross from the right side to which he
jumped and headed into the net after shrugging off Leicester City captain Wes
Morgan.
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