Chelsea have won the Community Shield -- the traditional curtain-raiser to the start of the English Premier League season -- beating Manchester United 4-1 on penalties at Wembley after the teams drew 2-2 after 90 minutes.
Chelsea have won the Community Shield -- the traditional curtain-raiser to the start of the English Premier League season -- beating Manchester United 4-1 on penalties at Wembley after the teams drew 2-2 after 90 minutes.
The Czech Republic goalkeeper then produced a superb one-armed stop to deny Dimitar Berbatov while he also tipped a Darren Fletcher striker over the crossbar.
But Chelsea came back into things after the break -- and they levelled in the 52nd minute when defender Ricardo Carvalho, who nearly joined Inter Milan in the summer, headed home at the far post after Florent Malouda's cross was punched straight to him by United goalkeeper Ben Foster.
Chelsea were now in control and they took a 69th minute lead -- although there was an element of controversy about the goal.
Michael Ballack appeared to body-check Evra off-the-ball but the referee waved play-on as United had possession. However, they lost the ball and, with Evra down holding his face, Chelsea played on and Lampard eventually fired in Didier Drogba's left-wing cross, although Foster got both hands to the shot.
That looked to be enough to give Chelsea victory, although Rooney's last-gasp intervention meant they had to wait a bit longer before eventually winning the shield on penalties.
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was unhappy with referee Chris Foy's part in Chelsea's second goal. "The referee saw the foul on Evra," Ferguson told Sky Sports.
"He (Ballack) clearly elbowed him in the face. I'm disappointed because the ref stopped the game twice before that for fouls, when Ballack was lying on his back. That incident cost us the game. There's no question it's a grey area."
source : www.cnn.com
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