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Leicester City 1-2 Manchester United: Zlatan header wins Community Shield for Red Devils

Leicester 1-2 Manchester United: Zlatan header wins Community Shield for Red Devils
A late goal from debutant Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave Manchester United a 2-1 win over Leicester City in Sunday's Community Shield clash at Wembley.

Jesse Lingard put Jose Mourinho's side ahead in the principal half with a splendid solo objective, turning into the initially United player since Eric Cantona in 1996 to catch up a FA Cup last hit with a Community Shield objective.

Joined delighted in a lot of ownership without creating excessively numerous further stresses for Leicester, and the Premier League champions grabbed an equalizer when Jamie Vardy jumped on Marouane Fellaini's mistake not long after half-time.

Ibrahimovic, who touched base on a free exchange in the midst of much display taking after the end of his Paris Saint-Germain contract, had attempted to have a telling effect on his first focused begin for the club, yet was denied a triumphant objective by Danny Drinkwater's objective line leeway, before Leicester substitute Ahmed Musa gestured over the bar from only six yards out.

Yet, the previous Sweden skipper made his imprint with seven minutes to play, controlling a header past Kasper Schmeichel's range to secure a 21st Community Shield triumph for his side and a first bit of flatware for Mourinho as United chief.

Wayne Rooney was forced to bear a sprinkling of boos by the Leicester fans right off the bat, however it was England's chief who had the primary exertion on target, heading directly at Schmeichel from close to the edge of the region taking after Luke Shaw's redirected cross.

Joined controlled ownership in the early stages, with Leicester substance to sit profound and hope to spring the counter-assault, yet Shinji Okazaki came inches from giving the champions the lead as he looked a header onto the crossbar from Marc Albrighton's corner.

Leicester started to crawl increasingly into the diversion be that as it may, with 32 minutes played, Lingard lit up Wembley yet again with a shocking opening objective.









In the wake of gathering the ball near the midway line, Lingard skipped past difficulties from Drinkwater, Robert Huth and Wes Morgan before opening low past Schmeichel from 12 yards out.

Joined had looked alright with their lead, however they skilled Leicester an equalizer only seven minutes after half-time as Vardy jumped on a mistake by Fellaini.


Subsequent to blocking Musa's pass, the Belgian pushed the ball back towards objective and into the way of Vardy, who adjusted David de Gea before opening home with Leicester's first shot on target.

Joined were managed a further blow when Lingard must be taken off in the wake of being gotten on the foot by Huth's jumping challenge, however Rooney called Schmeichel vigorously again only minutes following a moment's acclaim rang out in acknowledgment of England's1966 World Cup-winning group.

The beat of the amusement dropped as both supervisors made utilization of their six allowed substitutions, yet Ibrahimovic just about nudged United back in front after a spell of managed weight, with Drinkwater snaring clear from before his own objective after the Swede cut the ball past Schmeichel.

Musa guided a header up and over De Gea's crossbar from the edge of the six-yard box, and Ibrahimovic made the champions pay for that miss, transcending Morgan to head Antonio Valencia's check in off Schmeichel's left-hand post to hand United the trophy.

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