It's Chelsea on penalties over Manchester United,
Goalkeeper Petr Cech was the Chelsea hero as Carlo Ancelotti's side
beat Manchester United in a penalty shoot-out to win the Community
Shield at Wembley, sources football betting tips said.
The match finished level at full-time thanks to Wayne Rooney's late leveller, but Chelsea's second goal had sparked controversy.
Chelsea
substitute Michael Ballack appeared to elbow Patrice Evra, but while
the French left-back lay hurt on the ground referee Chris Foy allowed
play to continue Chelsea's Didier Drogba broke clear of the United
defence before slipping the ball to Frank Lampard to fire the Blues
ahead.
Evra
then had to be kept apart from Ballack and was booked for a cynical
foul on the Germany captain in the 80th minute. But with Chelsea
heading for victory, Rooney broke clear to level the scores in the
final minute and take the game to penalties.
Cech then saved from substitute Ryan Giggs and the luckless Evra, to earn Chelsea a 4-1 victory on spot-kicks.
In
contrast to the ill-feeling in the later stages of the contest, the
afternoon had begun in a more fitting fashion with one minute's

applause for the late Sir Bobby Robson.
When the action began on the pitch, United goalkeeper Ben Foster was tested within the opening two minutes.
Drogba
collected a pass from Lampard and fired a 20-yard shot towards goal but
Foster, selected in the England squad for Wednesday's friendly against
Holland, saved at the second attempt.
It was a bright start by Chelsea who almost went ahead in the 5th minute at sports betting tips.
Lampard's corner was met by right-back Branislav Ivanovic whose effort was headed against the bar by Evra.
United took the lead with their first real attack of the game in the 10th minute.
Darren
Fletcher's sublime cross-field pass was collected by Nani and the
Portugal winger beat Ivanovic and Michael Essien before sending a
25-yard drive beyond Cech and into the far right corner.
United
should have made it 2-0 in the 16th minute when Dimitar Berbatov
crossed for Rooney to head the ball back to Park Ji-Sung on the edge of
the six-yard box.
Park
was thwarted by a great save from Cech, and the Chelsea goalkeeper then
pulled off another fine save moments later when the South Korean
midfielder set Berbatov through on goal.
Chelsea were beginning to exert some control as the interval approached but they failed to find a cutting edge.
That
lack of precision was underlined again five minutes before the break
when Nicolas Anelka sent a drive just wide of Foster's left-hand post.
A cross from Ivanovic moments later failed to trouble Foster even through Drogba lurked with intent.
Three minutes before the break Cech had to be at his best again to tip a 20-yard shot from Fletcher over the bar.
Chelsea
replaced the struggling Ivanovic with Jose Bosingwa at the start of the
second half, and equalised in the 52nd minute through Ricardo
Carvalho's diving header.
Lampard
and Florent Malouda had combined on the left and when the winger sent
over a volleyed cross, Drogba and Foster collided as they went for the
ball.
Foster's attempted clearance fell straight to Carvalho who dived to head the Blues level from eight yards.
Chelsea
were full of confidence and Anelka soon tested Foster with a powerful
20-yard drive that the United goalkeeper did well to push away to
safety.
In
the 59th minute Drogba was inches away from meeting a cross from Ashley
Cole as Ancelotti's side continued to control the game.
United
were rocked by an injury to goalscorer Nani on the hour. The winger
hurt his shoulder in a clash with John Terry and was replaced by
Antonio Valencia.
Three minutes later Chelsea replaced John Mikel Obi with Germany captain Ballack.
The London outfit took the lead in controversial circumstances in the 70th minute after Ballack appeared to elbow Evra.
While
the United player was down Chelsea broke away and Drogba's pass to
Lampard allowed the England midfielder space to beat Foster with a
crisp drive. The ball struck the inside of the left post and bounced
over the line before spinning back out, however it was clearly a
legitimate goal.
With
seconds remaining Rooney broke clear of the Chelsea defence and slipped
the ball beyond Cech for a dramatic equaliser, but United were not so
clinical in the shoot-out.
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