Chelsea against Manchester City

Chelsea knocking the ball around, they know they've won

Lampard played through on goal by Essien. Lampard pulls it just wide, takes a small deflection as it's now a Chelsea corner.

Chelsea just running down the clock now. City look tired and can't wait for the final whistle

Lampard tries to chip Weaver, but the ball floats well over the crossbar

Cudicini hasn't had to make a save all game, Chelsea look a class above City today

Lampard thinks about the shot, but pulls out. Shevchenko can't get past Distin

Drogba comes off for John Obi Mikel

Carvalho gets the ball and Dickov is down injured. Chelsea have played on and Drogba is eventually penalised for a foul

Kalou shows his skills in the City box but is beaten to the ball by Dunne

Ireland plays in Dickov who shoots from a tight angle, hits the side netting but City can only hope for a consolation goal now.

City free kick taken by Barton but cleared by Lampard

Robben comes off for the defensive minded Diarra

GOAL. Shevchenko in full flow, stops short and passes to Robben who sets Bridge free. Bridge's cross finds the head of Drogba who rifles it in near post.

City supporters still singing buoyantly behind their team. Chelsea are playing well within themselves and will be content with 2-0

Vassell tries to break free, but can only force a throw

Drogba hits it straight into the wall.

Lampard went close in the first half. A small commitee has formed over the ball

Kalou gets his first touch, and plays in Lampard who is brought down by Dunne on the edge of the area.

Carvalho sprints forward but his ball is cut out by Sinclair. City looking tired, Richards fouls Robben inside the Chelsea box

Wright-Phillips replaced by Kalou and Ireland comes on for City

Dickov booked for scrapping as the corner swings in

Dickov being spoken to for pushing under the crossbar with Carvalho

Vassell forces a corner off Carvalho. Ferreira caught out of position

Chelsea confidently striking the ball around. City having to work extra hard to dispossess them

Shevchenko spins, but loses out. Essien plays Ferreira in on on the right. Wright-Phillips' backheel doesn't reach Lampard

Barton wastes a long ball up to nobody. City now playing a 4-3-2

Barton slides in on Terry and Terry reacts. The game is getting spicy now.

Perfectly justified. City now have an evener harder task to make their way back into the game.

RED CARD. Corradi stupidly hacks down Essien and gets his second yellow card. Essien reacts by pulling Corradi's hair and only gets a yellow.

Robben races through but crowded out by City defenders.

Chelsea passing the ball around easily, they don't have to chase the game, unlike City

Vassell's cross is easily caught by Cudicini, who releases Bridge.

Drogba nearly makes it onto the huge goal kick. Weaver just about gets to it first

Vassell's cross headed out by Terry. City have a throw and try to work an opening for Dickov. Cudicini gathers easily again

Shevchenko well hustled by Distin and Wright-Phillips doesn't get a corner after his shot fizzes well wide.

Dickov immediately gets stuck in to Essien. Clesea again break up the attack as Drogba falls over theatrically

Dabo and Samaras off for and Vassell and Dickov. City now playing with 3 strikers.

City's nearly men not able to make a break through at the moment. Can Pearce's subs make a difference?

Samaras nearly finds Corradi in the middle, but Carvalho breaks down the attack

The ball nearly drops for Reyna, but Cudicini gathers

Samaras has a swing after Corradi teed the ball up for him. Vassell and Dickov are warming up

Robben links well with Shevchenko, puts the ball on his right foot and smashes it high over the bar

Distin joins in and flicks on to put Corradi through, caught marginally offside though

Lampard controlling the midfield, Chelsea seem happy to absorb the pressure and try to hit City on the break

Corradi is furious at Essien after a challenge, but handbags at dawn. No real contact was made

Dunne fails to control and gives away a silly corner. Swung in by Robben but cleared by Barton

Ferreira's mishit shot finds Shevchenko who controls and shoots. Hits Dunne on the arm but would have been a harsh penalty

Wright-Phillips goes down like he's been shot, no foul

Corradi and Dabo both go in badly on Ferreira. Corradi is given a stern talking to by the ref, and a yellow card

Lampard plays Drogba in, he puts it across the box and Shevchenko just fails to get on the end of it

Richards is bleeding badly from a mouth wound after his earlier collision with Robben, forced to change his shirt

Long ball played forward by Terry, gives City a throw in deep in their own half

No changes after the break, Chelsea will look for much of the same, but Pearce must have turned the air blue in the City dressing room

Kick off

Half-time whistle is blown

Shevchenko breaks but plays a ball to no-one where Robben should have been.

Shevchenko with a lovely bit of skill on the edge of the box, just loses control and Essien blasts the ball well wide

2 mins of stoppage time

Distin clears the long ball, City's midfield give the ball away again. Stuart Pearce will have words to say at half time.

Essien smashes in a shot from 30 yards, well saved by the diving Weaver.

Mourinho quietly telling his players to play for half time. Chelsea switch to cruise control.

Barton overhits a through-ball again. Drogba gets the better of Distin but miscues his effort.

Chelsea seem content to wait till half time. City unable to penetrate their defence so far

Drogba loses possession, Thatcher gets the cross in and Terry loses his footing. No City players there to capitalise

Terry and Samaras collide, free kick to City

Dabo has a crack, but lacking power and Cudicini gets his body behind it

City are working hard, but Chelsea look like they've dropped a few gears

Corradi put through over the top but tries to volley the ball as it drops over his head. Misses completely, and was onside.

More long ball dross from Man City. Midfield and strikers are not linking well

Dabo plays an awful ball forward towards Samaras. Chelsea controlling the midfield battle, Robben nearly put through but Richards covers well

Terry tidies up again, there seems to be no way past the England skipper today

Richards clears from Robben's attempted flick on. Essien fouls Barton, Reyna has a long shot, but was nearer the corner flag than the goal

Bridge does well to get a cross in near the byline. Dunne deals with it near-post. Wright-Phillips tries a long shot after the corner but it goes well wide

Wright-Phillips knocked off the ball and Corradi tries to keep the ball in play

Drogba clears Barton's terrible corner

Cross comes in, Corradi flicks it on past the post, must have got a deflection because it's a corner

Drogba pulls Dunne's shirt to get away, but the whistle goes

Barton skies the ball over Sinclair's head for a throw, Drogba nearly makes it through, but muscled out by Dunne and Distin

Chelsea look dominant, but City will feel unlucky about that goal.

GOAL. Robben trickery outside the box, falls to Lampard who controls it and smashes it goalwards. Deflection off Dunne and into the net.

Terry stands on the ball, but controls it well. Ferreira plays in Wright-Phillips who fizzes the ball across the box, well caught by Weaver.

Shevchenko gets the better of Dunne, but Weaver beats him to the ball

Richards has to come off to get treatment, possibly a stitch of two.

Robben and Richards clash of heads, both players down

Richards gets away with a handball, Sinclair crosses, but cleared by Terry

Robben skins Richards, but he gets back well to make the challenge. Shevchenko can't control the high ball across

Corradi puts Sinclair through, hits it first time with the outside of his boot, but Cudicini easily saves

City just don't look like troubling the Chelsea defence at the moment

High ball lobbed in. Corradi claiming a hand ball, and is unlucky not to get the decision.

Distin nearly makes a mess of his clearance with Shevchenko in attendance

City play another wasteful long ball, Cudicini picks it up

Wright-Phillips hugging the right touchline, will be keen to impress against his old club

Excellent challenge from Essien denies Samaras a run on goal

Lampard curls it, just past the post. That was too close for comfort for Weaver who didn't move

Lampard lines up the free kick

Essien powers through and is cruelly brought down by Dabo. 25 yards out, this is dangerous for City and Dabo is booked.

Shevchenko unlucky not to get a foul from Distin. Chelsea throw in near where the goal cross was sent in from

City haven't had a sniff of goal so far, Barton wastes possession again and Essien breaks

Terry just sneaked ahead of Dunne

GOAL. Terry in a rich vein of goalscoring form. Ball played in from the right by Robben, finds Terry with a free header in the 6 yard box.

Two players rush to close down the dangerous Shevchenko, a corner is forced, Lampard to take

Wright-Phillips goes down, he's getting a decent reception from his old club

Ferreira finds space on the right, Chelsea playing it across their back line patiently

Shevchenko falls but is waved to get up by referee Bennett

Shevchenko almost bursts through, but well covered by Thatcher

Sinclair runs at Bridge, whips in a cross, but comes to nothing. Barton wastes possession and Wright-Phillips is well tackled by Reina

Terry clears the ball under pressure from Samaras

Bridge brilliantly keeps the ball in, but a late flag appears. The ball was well out

Drogba missed the ball completely, a good chance wasted

Robben whips a cross in towards Drogba but well defended by Dunne

Samaras does a good closing down job, but gives away a free kick deep in the Chelsea half

Chelsea controlling the opening exchanges, Drogba forces a throw wide right

Joey Barton starts with a through ball to Cudicini, Chelsea look like starting with a 4-4-2

Chelsea start the defence of their trophy, City kick off..

Chelsea: Cudicini, Paulo Ferreira, Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, Bridge, Wright-Phillips, Lampard, Essien, Robben, Shevchenko, Drogba. Subs: Hilario, Mikel, Diarra, Kalou, Mancienne.<BR> Man City: Weaver, Richards, Distin, Dunne, Thatcher, Sinclair, Barton, Dabo, Reyna, Corradi, Samaras. Subs: Hart, Ireland, Vassell, Dickov, Danny Mills.<BR> Referee: S Bennett (Kent)

There's never been a Premiership opener without an away victory.. Can City spring a surprise?

Ballack misses out for Chelsea with a hip injury, as does new City signing Isaksson, replaced by Weaver in goal.

Team news: Wright-Phillips starts on the right for Chelsea. Dabo and Corradi make their debuts for Man City

Drogba hits it straight into the wall.

Lampard went close in the first half. A small commitee has formed over the ball

Kalou gets his first touch, and plays in Lampard who is brought down by Dunne on the edge of the area.

Carvalho sprints forward but his ball is cut out by Sinclair. City looking tired, Richards fouls Robben inside the Chelsea box

Wright-Phillips replaced by Kalou and Ireland comes on for City

Dickov booked for scrapping as the corner swings in

Dickov being spoken to for pushing under the crossbar with Carvalho

Vassell forces a corner off Carvalho. Ferreira caught out of position

Chelsea confidently striking the ball around. City having to work extra hard to dispossess them

Shevchenko spins, but loses out. Essien plays Ferreira in on on the right. Wright-Phillips' backheel doesn't reach Lampard

Barton wastes a long ball up to nobody. City now playing a 4-3-2

Barton slides in on Terry and Terry reacts. The game is getting spicy now.

Perfectly justified. City now have an evener harder task to make their way back into the game.

RED CARD. Corradi stupidly hacks down Essien and gets his second yellow card. Essien reacts by pulling Corradi's hair and only gets a yellow.

Robben races through but crowded out by City defenders.

Chelsea passing the ball around easily, they don't have to chase the game, unlike City

Vassell's cross is easily caught by Cudicini, who releases Bridge.

Drogba nearly makes it onto the huge goal kick. Weaver just about gets to it first

Vassell's cross headed out by Terry. City have a throw and try to work an opening for Dickov. Cudicini gathers easily again

Shevchenko well hustled by Distin and Wright-Phillips doesn't get a corner after his shot fizzes well wide.

Dickov immediately gets stuck in to Essien. Clesea again break up the attack as Drogba falls over theatrically

Dabo and Samaras off for and Vassell and Dickov. City now playing with 3 strikers.

City's nearly men not able to make a break through at the moment. Can Pearce's subs make a difference?

Samaras nearly finds Corradi in the middle, but Carvalho breaks down the attack

The ball nearly drops for Reyna, but Cudicini gathers

Samaras has a swing after Corradi teed the ball up for him. Vassell and Dickov are warming up

Robben links well with Shevchenko, puts the ball on his right foot and smashes it high over the bar

Distin joins in and flicks on to put Corradi through, caught marginally offside though

Lampard controlling the midfield, Chelsea seem happy to absorb the pressure and try to hit City on the break

Corradi is furious at Essien after a challenge, but handbags at dawn. No real contact was made

Dunne fails to control and gives away a silly corner. Swung in by Robben but cleared by Barton

Ferreira's mishit shot finds Shevchenko who controls and shoots. Hits Dunne on the arm but would have been a harsh penalty

Wright-Phillips goes down like he's been shot, no foul

Corradi and Dabo both go in badly on Ferreira. Corradi is given a stern talking to by the ref, and a yellow card

Lampard plays Drogba in, he puts it across the box and Shevchenko just fails to get on the end of it

Richards is bleeding badly from a mouth wound after his earlier collision with Robben, forced to change his shirt

Long ball played forward by Terry, gives City a throw in deep in their own half

No changes after the break, Chelsea will look for much of the same, but Pearce must have turned the air blue in the City dressing room

Kick off

Half-time whistle is blown

Shevchenko breaks but plays a ball to no-one where Robben should have been.

Shevchenko with a lovely bit of skill on the edge of the box, just loses control and Essien blasts the ball well wide

2 mins of stoppage time

Distin clears the long ball, City's midfield give the ball away again. Stuart Pearce will have words to say at half time.

Essien smashes in a shot from 30 yards, well saved by the diving Weaver.

Mourinho quietly telling his players to play for half time. Chelsea switch to cruise control.

Barton overhits a through-ball again. Drogba gets the better of Distin but miscues his effort.

Chelsea seem content to wait till half time. City unable to penetrate their defence so far

Drogba loses possession, Thatcher gets the cross in and Terry loses his footing. No City players there to capitalise

Terry and Samaras collide, free kick to City

Dabo has a crack, but lacking power and Cudicini gets his body behind it

City are working hard, but Chelsea look like they've dropped a few gears

Corradi put through over the top but tries to volley the ball as it drops over his head. Misses completely, and was onside.

More long ball dross from Man City. Midfield and strikers are not linking well

Dabo plays an awful ball forward towards Samaras. Chelsea controlling the midfield battle, Robben nearly put through but Richards covers well

Terry tidies up again, there seems to be no way past the England skipper today

Richards clears from Robben's attempted flick on. Essien fouls Barton, Reyna has a long shot, but was nearer the corner flag than the goal

Bridge does well to get a cross in near the byline. Dunne deals with it near-post. Wright-Phillips tries a long shot after the corner but it goes well wide

Wright-Phillips knocked off the ball and Corradi tries to keep the ball in play

Drogba clears Barton's terrible corner

Cross comes in, Corradi flicks it on past the post, must have got a deflection because it's a corner

Drogba pulls Dunne's shirt to get away, but the whistle goes

Barton skies the ball over Sinclair's head for a throw, Drogba nearly makes it through, but muscled out by Dunne and Distin

Chelsea look dominant, but City will feel unlucky about that goal.

GOAL. Robben trickery outside the box, falls to Lampard who controls it and smashes it goalwards. Deflection off Dunne and into the net.

Terry stands on the ball, but controls it well. Ferreira plays in Wright-Phillips who fizzes the ball across the box, well caught by Weaver.

Shevchenko gets the better of Dunne, but Weaver beats him to the ball

Richards has to come off to get treatment, possibly a stitch of two.

Robben and Richards clash of heads, both players down

Richards gets away with a handball, Sinclair crosses, but cleared by Terry

Robben skins Richards, but he gets back well to make the challenge. Shevchenko can't control the high ball across

Corradi puts Sinclair through, hits it first time with the outside of his boot, but Cudicini easily saves

City just don't look like troubling the Chelsea defence at the moment

High ball lobbed in. Corradi claiming a hand ball, and is unlucky not to get the decision.

Distin nearly makes a mess of his clearance with Shevchenko in attendance

City play another wasteful long ball, Cudicini picks it up

Wright-Phillips hugging the right touchline, will be keen to impress against his old club

Excellent challenge from Essien denies Samaras a run on goal

Lampard curls it, just past the post. That was too close for comfort for Weaver who didn't move

Lampard lines up the free kick

Essien powers through and is cruelly brought down by Dabo. 25 yards out, this is dangerous for City and Dabo is booked.

Shevchenko unlucky not to get a foul from Distin. Chelsea throw in near where the goal cross was sent in from

City haven't had a sniff of goal so far, Barton wastes possession again and Essien breaks

Terry just sneaked ahead of Dunne

GOAL. Terry in a rich vein of goalscoring form. Ball played in from the right by Robben, finds Terry with a free header in the 6 yard box.

Two players rush to close down the dangerous Shevchenko, a corner is forced, Lampard to take

Wright-Phillips goes down, he's getting a decent reception from his old club

Ferreira finds space on the right, Chelsea playing it across their back line patiently

Shevchenko falls but is waved to get up by referee Bennett

Shevchenko almost bursts through, but well covered by Thatcher

Sinclair runs at Bridge, whips in a cross, but comes to nothing. Barton wastes possession and Wright-Phillips is well tackled by Reina

Terry clears the ball under pressure from Samaras

Bridge brilliantly keeps the ball in, but a late flag appears. The ball was well out

Drogba missed the ball completely, a good chance wasted

Robben whips a cross in towards Drogba but well defended by Dunne

Samaras does a good closing down job, but gives away a free kick deep in the Chelsea half

Chelsea controlling the opening exchanges, Drogba forces a throw wide right

Joey Barton starts with a through ball to Cudicini, Chelsea look like starting with a 4-4-2

Chelsea start the defence of their trophy, City kick off..

Chelsea: Cudicini, Paulo Ferreira, Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, Bridge, Wright-Phillips, Lampard, Essien, Robben, Shevchenko, Drogba. Subs: Hilario, Mikel, Diarra, Kalou, Mancienne.<BR> Man City: Weaver, Richards, Distin, Dunne, Thatcher, Sinclair, Barton, Dabo, Reyna, Corradi, Samaras. Subs: Hart, Ireland, Vassell, Dickov, Danny Mills.<BR> Referee: S Bennett (Kent)

There's never been a Premiership opener without an away victory.. Can City spring a surprise?

Ballack misses out for Chelsea with a hip injury, as does new City signing Isaksson, replaced by Weaver in goal.

Team news: Wright-Phillips starts on the right for Chelsea. Dabo and Corradi make their debuts for Man City