2009 FA Community Shield
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| Chelsea won 4–1 on penalties | |||||||
| Date | 9 August 2009 | ||||||
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| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea) | ||||||
| Referee | Chris Foy (Merseyside) | ||||||
| Attendance | 85,896 | ||||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||||
The 2009 FA Community Shield was the 87th FA Community Shield, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. The match was contested at Wembley Stadium, London, on 9 August 2009, and contested by 2008–09 Premier League champions Manchester United, and Chelsea as the winners of the 2008–09 FA Cup, a repeat of the 2007 match. The game ended in a 2–2 draw – the goals coming from Nani and Wayne Rooney for Manchester United, and from Ricardo Carvalho and Frank Lampard for Chelsea – with Chelsea winning 4–1 on penalties.
This was also the first time since 1998 that Chelsea had won a professional match on penalties; The last instance was a League Cup quarter-final against Ipswich Town.
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