Manchester City scored three second-half goals to beat 10-man Chelsea 3-2 on Sunday in a high tempo Community Shield, the traditional start to the English football season.
Yaya Toure, Carlos Tevez and Samir Nasri gave City its first win since 1972 in the annual curtain raiser between Premier League champion City and FA Cup holder Chelsea.
The match was marred by eight yellow cards and a straight red for Branislav Ivanovic for a sliding tackle into Aleksandar Kolarov’s shin with raised studs.
Fernando Torres and Ryan Bertrand scored the first and last goals of the match for Chelsea.
The London Olympics forced the game to be moved to Villa Park from Wembley Stadium, where the final of the Men’s football was staged 24 hours earlier.
City suffered a heartbreak last season in the charity match when they were defeated by city rivals United 3-2. City had taken a two goal lead into the break before losing to three second half United goals.
