The Community Shield , a small important title for Arsenal vs Manchester City's bench test

Arsenal's trophy drought finally over ?

Manchester City , The 2014 English Premier League winner , will face the 2014 FA Cup winner Arsenal in the Community Shield in about an hour , the traditional annual match , which will be held at the Wembly Stadium.

The Community Shield title is not important compared to other major titles , but this small title is very important to Arsenal , as the Gunners had finally won a title after their nine years drought , as they defeated Hull City in the FA Cup Final , and will play the Community Shield , for the first time since 2005 , where they lost 2-1 to Chelsea , Arsenal need to prove that their drought days are over.

Arsenal will "milk" this match to try Alexis Sanchez in his first official match with Arsenal , as well as trying Jack Wilshere as a center back as announced by Arsen Wenger , the gunners will not use the German trio (Ozil , Podolski and Mertesacker) , on the other hand , Manchester City announced the absence of eight players.

Manchester City coach confirmed in a press conference that the team's captain Vincent Kompany , Pablo Zabaleta , Fernandinho , Sergio Aguero , Martin Demichelis ,Bacary Sagna and Frank Lampard will not be called for the match as they had joined the team's training this week.

Manuel Pellegrini revealed that "all the players who arrived last Monday : (Vincent Kompany , Pablo Zabaleta , Fernandinho , Sergio Aguero , Martin Demichelis ,Bacary Sagna and Frank Lampard) as well as Negredo due to his injury , will not participate in the match" and that they will have to follow a special program to prepare them to the new season which starts next week

The players absentees could be a great opportunity for others to prove themselves to the coach , Fernando , who joined this summer coming from Porto , held great hopes , on the other hand , Dzeko and jovetic will get an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and try to convince the Chilean coach of giving them a few extra minutes this season.