[4] Arsenal also became the first Community Shield winners not to win either the league or FA Cup the previous season since Manchester United in 2010.

[6] Liverpool were the defending champions, but they did not qualify for this edition, having failed to win either the Premier League or FA Cup.

[7] The club later faced local rivals Manchester United in the 2023 FA Cup final, on course to complete a continental treble.

The match returned to the home of English football in its 100th anniversary year after the 2022 edition was re-located to Leicester City's King Power Stadium due to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final.

Leandro Trossard equalised for Arsenal in the 11th minute of stoppage time, after he tried an effort from just inside the penalty area which took a heavy deflection off defender Manuel Akanji which wrong-footed goalkeeper Stefan Ortega and ended up in the back of the net to make it 1–1 late on and send the match to a penalty shoot-out.