Declan Rice suffered a painful mishap during Arsenal’s Community Shield celebrations.The Premier League champions blew Manchester City away in Cardiff on Sunday afternoon as goals from Riccardo Calafiori, Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard secured a 3-0 victory for the Gunners.Rice suffered a painful mishap as he lifted the Community ShieldGettyDespite not starting the match, Rice was introduced from the bench at half time in the Welsh capital.The midfielder replaced summer signing Bruno Guimaraes for the second half.Rice later got involved in the on-field celebrations once Arsenal had received the Community Shield.However, he was left in hysterics after hoisting the trophy aloft in front of the Gunners supporters.As he held the silverware in the air, the stand for the shield fell backwards onto Rice’s face.He was able to see the funny side, though, as he burst out laughing before sheepishly turning to face his teammates.The win marked the second time Rice has won the Community Shield in his career. His only previous victory in the match came three years ago against the same opponents.On that occasion, Arsenal won 4-1 on penalties following a 1-1 draw with City at Wembley Stadium.As well as Rice and Guimaraes, Myles Lewis-Skelly and Martin Zubimendi also featured in midfield for Arsenal on Sunday.Mikel Arteta hailed the quality of his options in the position following the match, telling TNT Sports: “Very strong. I think we have been adding year after year. Quality combinations. Now we have a lot of leadership.”Rice saw the funny side after accidentally hitting himself in the faceShutterstock EditorialView Tweet: https://t.co/dC0EsZ3vKHCommunity shield curse?Arsenal will be hoping to avoid a recent trend for Community Shield winners.Only one of the past 15 teams to win the annual season curtain-raiser have gone on to lift the Premier League title during the same campaign.City are the only club to have achieved the feat after their triumphs during the 2018/19 season.The Gunners head into the new term as defending Premier League champions after ending their 22-year wait for a title.Their victory last season was their first since 2004 and 14th overall.Arsenal have not won back-to-back titles for 81 years, though, last doing so three seasons in a row between 1932 and 1935.Arsenal will aim to become only the second team in 16 years to win the Community Shield and Premier League in the same seasonGetty