Pep Guardiola had a pop at English football’s new radical approach to stoppage time after Arsenal’s late equaliser helped them towards Community Shield victory, saying games will not finish until ‘tomorrow morning at 8am’ at this rate.
The Manchester City manager saw Leandro Trossard cancel out Cole Palmer’s opener in the 11th minute of added time before Arsenal went on to win 4-1 on penalties at Wembley Stadium, with Fabio Vieira scoring the winning spot-kick.
This was our first glimpse of the game’s new approach with referees in the Premier League and EFL set to add on ‘Qatar World Cup-style’ stoppage times.