FA Community Shield 2017: Arsenal 1-1 (4-1 P) Chelsea, 5 Talking Points

#5 ABBA makes its football debut

Chelsea v Arsenal - The FA Community Shield

Football's been witness to plenty of changes in the last few years - some of them good, some of them bad. VAR has had plenty of critics for the way it removes the drama from a disputed goal, but the new format for penalty kicks - which goes along the A-B-B-A route - worked brilliantly in the first time we saw it at Wembley.

First outing for ABBA at Wembley since 1979

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) August 6, 2017

Nacho Monreal scored the historic penalty, right after Theo Walcott opened the scoring for Arsenal. The format seems to relieve a bit of the pressure as teams have two goes in succession. Perhaps that explains the decision to allow Thibaut Courtois to take a spot-kick - a decision that backfired spectacularly, only for Morata to compound the pressure with another miss. (Curiously, Petr Cech still has to save a penalty in an Arsenal shirt.)

The routine also served to lift the pressure of Arsenal next, who had the knowledge that they could miss their next two and still remain in the hunt. As it turned out, Giroud hammered home the penalty that brought Arsenal their 15th Community Shield, and Wenger's 9th win at Wembley.