Aubameyang put Arteta’s side ahead in the first half at Wembley with a typically eye-catching strike.
Takumi Minamino of Japan tied with his first goal with Liverpool at the end of the moment of the annual frifinishly pre-season between the Premier League champions and the FA Cup winners.
In the penalty shootout, young Liverpool striker Rhian Brewster, the only player to fail, hit the bar with his third penalty before Aubameyang quietly threw the decisive shot.
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As if Arteta needed a revocation, it is another sign of the influence exerted through his captain Aubameyang, who has not yet committed his long-term career to the club by entering the last year of his contract.
Gabon striker Aubameyang has made Arsenal wait nervously during lengthy debates and hesitated when asked in a post-match interview if he was in a position to signal the club’s contract offer.
“Let’s see, we’re just going to take the trophy and that’s it,” he said.
Arteta remained confident that the 31-year-old would stay and insisted that his talisman’s prestige would be resolved to his satisfaction before the start of the Premier League season on September 12.
“We’re close, ” said Arteta about the contract. “It was magnificent in the FA Cup final and still today.
“I’m looking to do my job, which is to convince you that you’re in the right place, you have the environment here to produce the moments like you did today and you did it here 3 weeks ago.
“I am very positive that he’s going to sign but a lot of time there’s a lot of things involved in a contract deal and we are trying to show him.”
For Liverpool, it is time for the consecutive season when they lost the Community Shield to consequences after being defeated by Manchester City last season.
Coach Jurgen Klopp will be overly involved given the lack of rest and preparation of the champions since he won the first name in 30 years.
“For this kind of game, you want the best shot. We created enough, we had a lot of ball, but we had to see his counterattack,” Klopp said.
“A penalty shootout is a lottery and we had no luck there, so congratulations to Arsenal.”
The Community Shield serves as a backdrop for the new English season.
But Liverpool and Arsenal returned to action just 34 days after the end of the Premier League crusade delayed by Coronavirus and only six days after the Champions League final that ended the entire 2019–2020 season.
– Tactically cunning –
After only one week of pre-season training, it was a more encouraging result for Arteta, whose team emulated their fa FA Cup final win over Chelsea with some other decision and a tactically shrewd display.
Liverpool was unable to count on the injured Trent Alexander-Arnold and the naivety of his teenage replacement Neco Williams was revealed through Aubameyang in the 12th minute.
Cutting from the left to hit the Bukayo Saka pass, Aubameyang gave too much time and area through Williams.
Aubameyang made him pay with a very good roller in the corner farthest from the edge of the penal area, celebrating the purpose by crossing his arms in tribute to Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman, who died Friday at the age of 43.
He is Aubameyang’s fifth goal for Arsenal at Wembley, making him the club’s most sensible goalscorer at the national stadium along with Alexis Sanchez.
He scored a double in his last two appearances at Wembley against Manchester City and Chelsea.
Liverpool drew in the 73rd minute when Minamino scored from close for her first Reds goal in her 15th appearance since moving from Salzburg in January.