Liverpool 1 Man City 1 (4-5 pens): Georginio Wijnaldum misses crucial penalty as City lift first silverware of the season in thrilling Community Shield final

CLAUDIO BRAVO was the penalty hero as Manchester City picked up yet another piece of silverware at Wembley.

The much-maligned Chilean saved a shoot-out spot-kick from Gini Wijnaldum - before Gabriel Jesus stroked in the winner.

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It was a sweet moment for the former Barcelona man - who had missed the whole of last season with a serious achilles problems.

Earlier he had done his bit to get City the draw as Liverpool staged a stirring second half fight-back - and could have won it outright.

Leroy Sane had an early chance but lashed his shot into the side-netting and that was to be his last meaningful contribution.

The German winger - who is a target for Bayern Munich - pulled up shortly afterwards and had to be replaced by Gabriel Jesus.

Mo Salah slid a shot narrowly wide but it was the champions who took the lead on 12 minutes.

Kevin de Bruyne and David Silva combined to tee up Sterling whose shot squirmed underneath Alisson.

It was a first goal in 10 appearances against his old club for the England winger and looked like it was a sweet moment.

Liverpool tried to hit back as Salah dragged a shot against the outside of the post - then sliced over after a slip by Aleks Zinchenko.

Virgil van Dijk came so close to an equaliser when he turned a corner onto the bar - but the ball bounced down directly on the line.

Then a few minutes later a low shot from Salah skimmed through a crowd of players but hit the base of the post.

At the other end, Kyle Walker's run and pass sent Sterling clear on goal but surprisingly he lacked conviction and Alisson was able to gather.

That miss looked a big moment as Liverpool levelled late on when Jordan Henderson's free-kick was chipped back across by Van Dijk and sub Matip headed in at the back post.

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Both teams had chances to win it - most notably Liverpool but Salah's goalbound headers was superbly cleared off the line by Kyle Walker.

So it went to penalties and Bravo is something of an expert - diving full stretch to keep out Wijnaldum.

City did not falter once - with Phil Foden one who showed nerves of steel. That set the stage for Jesus to step up and win it for City.

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