August 06, 2007

Man Utd wins shield on penalties.

Edwin van der Sar was the hero as Manchester United captured the Community Shield with a 3-0 penalty shoot-out win over Chelsea at Wembley.

The Dutch keeper saved three penalties in a row to give United victory.

Ryan Giggs had put United ahead after 35 minutes, lashing the ball into the top of the net after a slick move.

But Chelsea drew level before half-time when new signing Florent Malouda raced on to a long ball from Ashley Cole and poked the ball past Van der Sar.

After a goalless second half, the match went straight to penalties, with Van der Sar saving from Claudio Pizarro, Frank Lampard and Shaun Wright-Phillips to leave Wayne Rooney to score the winning spot-kick.

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