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Manchester City: Player Ratings for the FA Community Shield

By Dan Larsen

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 04: Raheem Sterling of Manchester City celebrates with the FA Community Shield following his team's victory in the FA Community Shield match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium on August 04, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 04: Raheem Sterling of Manchester City celebrates with the FA Community Shield following his team's victory in the FA Community Shield match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium on August 04, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) /
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Manager: Pep Guardiola, 6.5/10.

LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 04: Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City looks on prior to the FA Community Shield match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium on August 04, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 04: Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City looks on prior to the FA Community Shield match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium on August 04, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) /

Pep Guardiola had a good afternoon. His team selection was solid, especially as it played many of Manchester City’s best and most-fit players in a game where Liverpool decided to field a nearly full-strength best XI.

The one knock on him was that he wasn’t as aggressive at using his substitutions as he should have been. City were looking very fatigued as a squad well before Liverpool equalized. Yet, he made just two subs in the second half, including waiting until Kevin De Bruyne went down with cramps to sub him off. Though a trophy was on the line, he should have been a bit more aggressive at keeping the team fresh, especially since many of the players in the side hadn’t played a full 90 all pre-season.

Other than that, it was fine management (as usual).

MOTM: GK, Claudio Bravo

Claudio Bravo was the standout in the side today. If not for his incredible saves and distribution, Manchester City may have found themselves on the end of a lop-sided scoreline in the second half.

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Manchester City open their Premier League season next Saturday at West Ham. We’ll see what the season will bring us soon!