Arsenal beat Manchester City 4-1 in a penalty shootout on Sunday to win the Community Shield and strike the first blow in this season's rivalry between the two clubs.
Fabio Vieira scored the winning penalty after Arsenal scored a late equalizer in stoppage time to earn a 1-1 draw with the Premier League champion and take the game at London's Wembley Stadium into a shootout.
Community Shield matches often have a "friendly" feel, but with cynical fouls and crunching tackles in the London sunshine, there was no shortage of intensity — spilling over perhaps from last season's title race in which City emerged victorious.