Live Commentary: Leicester City vs Manchester City

Good afternoon and welcome to Nigerianeye's live text coverage of the Community Shield match between Leicester City and Manchester United at Wembley.


The Foxes earned their place in the season's traditional curtain-raiser by winning the Premier League title against 5,000-1 odds last term, eventually finishing 10 points clear of second place.

United endured a disappointing league campaign under Louis van Gaal, but won the FA Cup in May and are today looking to pick up their first piece of silverware in the Jose Mourinho era.

Make sure you don't miss a moment of the action courtesy of our minute-by-minute updates below.


OFFICIAL LINE-UP

LEICESTER STARTING XI: Schmeichel; Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs; Mahrez, King, Drinkwater, Albrighton; Okazaki, Vardy

Subs: Zieler, Hernandez, Musa, Schlupp, Gray, Ulloa, Mendy


MANCHESTER UNITED STARTING XI: De Gea; Valencia, Bailly, Blind, Shaw; Carrick, Fellaini, Lingard, Rooney, Martial; Ibrahimović

Subs: Romero, Rojo, Schneiderlin, Herrera, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Rashford












3 min United are dominating possession in these early stages, but not in position that will harm Leicester. They knock it around the back calmly and seem to have settled into the game quickly.

1 min KICKOFF: Here we go then! Craig Pawson gets us underway for this season curtain-raiser as Leicester and Manchester United do battle for the first trophy of the campaign!

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