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Liverpool Beats Manchester United to Win Community Shield

Liverpool celebrates with the FA Community Shield after victory against Manchester City at The King Power Stadium in Leicester, UK, on July 30.

Liverpool celebrates with the FA Community Shield after victory against Manchester City at The King Power Stadium in Leicester, UK, on July 30.

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Leicester, England (AP) -- Darwin Nunez shaded Erling Haaland in their first matchup by scoring Liverpool's final goal as they beat Manchester City 3-1 in the Community Shield on Saturday.

City, last season's English Premier League champion, and Liverpool, the FA and League Cup winner, paraded their big summer signings at King Power Stadium in Leicester but it was the Uruguay international who upstaged City’s Haaland.