Personally, I have always classed the "Charity Shield" as a trophy simply because in order to be in it you have had to win either the League or the FA Cup and they aren't easy to win. It's easier to get into the CL than it is into the Charity Shield! I really don't know why it's not regarded at all.
I watched it yesterday and to be honest, I thought that they deserved the win overall. We looked pretty rusty and that surprised me as I thought we'd be well into our preparations for the new season. I'm not reading too much into it and wondered if part of it was not to show our hand to Klopp.
Ake was unlucky for the goal, but he didn't look entirely comfortable did he? I wasn't too surprised when he had the right-footed Cancelo next to him. Cancelo isn't great defensively and never will be so I hope Pep did it to show the board how much we need a left back. I really hope that we get Cucurella in this week. We can't go into the season without one.
Haaland didn't have much to do and looked slightly off the pace, but you can tell with the touches he had he's going to be a legend. I thought he was trying a bit too hard maybe. Alvarez looked decent too and the finish was good, great anticipation.
At the end of the day, it didn't tell us very much apart from that it will be us and them going for the title again. I expect it to be close, but over a season we will win the title - again.
