Dean Henderson Gives Crystal Palace First Community Shield Title

London top side Crystal Palace clinched their first-ever Community Shield title after beating Liverpool in penalty shootout.

The Eagles came from behind to equalise 2:2 and forced the game to panety shootout. It was in the same stadium where they beat Man City to lift the FA Cup.

Liverpool went up in the first 10 minutes of the game. Liverpool’s £265m worth of summer signings looked to be the story of the day, with Hugo Ekitike and Jeremie Frimpong both finding the back of the net.

Ekiike put them in front with a nice finish but Crystal Palace however got the equaliser from the penalty box thanks to Mateta. Jeremie Frimpong soon put Liverpool ahead again as they headed for first half break with a 2-1 lead.

Former Watford player and Liverpool target Sarr got the equaliser and leveled the scores again. It looked like Palace was going to have it as they called for a penalty but was not givrn.

The game ended 2:2 and they headed for penalty shootout.Former Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson saved two penalties as Mohamed Salah had skied his.

It was delight for the Palace supporters – and a welcome distraction from their appeal hearing at CAS, with the answer as to whether they will be playing in the Europa League or Conference League this season set to come on Monday.