Arsenal sparked Community Shield rule change after refusing to play as Liverpool suffered shock defeat

Arsenal will watch on with envy as Liverpool contest the Community Shield - coming full circle from the mood of their team 50 years ago.

Gunners boss Mikel Arteta is a keen advocate of the annual curtain-raiser, having used it to defend his trophy record last season.

Arteta was keen to add the Community Shield to his silverware count after a journalist overlooked it during a December press conference.

The Arsenal manager instantly corrected one reporter who said a trophy would be Arteta’s second since his 2020 FA Cup win.

“The charity shield as well twice, no? So it’s three,” he said. “We need more, we want more, and we want the big ones, that’s for sure.”

The Community Shield has long been an opinion divider in England, as it doesn’t have the prestige of other European S