Arsenal won the English FA Super Cup by beating Manchester City.

Iran PressEurope: The first trophy of the new season in English football was won by Arsenal, who took the FA Super Cup literally out of hand at Manchester City after a late goal and penalty shoot-out.

In the traditional English overture to the new season, Manchester City and Arsenal competed for the laurels at Wembley. When Cole Palmer put City 1-0 up in the 77th minute, the English champions were on the verge of victory, but Arsenal were lucky to equalize through Leandro Trossard in the dying breaths of marathon stoppage time.

This was followed by the execution of penalty kicks, where the Londoners were more accurate and won the 17th Supercup English laurel. 219