City open season with Com Shield

Manchester City's failure to find a big-name signing appeared to matter little as they began the new season with a 3-2 win over 10-man Chelsea in the Community Shield on Sunday.
Chelsea have spent more than 60 million pounds ($94.15 million) over the close season while City's only major deal has been signing of Everton's Jack Rodwell which was announced earlier on Sunday, pending a medical.
However, goals from Yaya Toure, Carlos Tevez and Samir Nasri in a 12-minute second half spell showed that the Premier League champions may have enough firepower as it is.
With Wembley in use for the Olympic Games, Birmingham's Villa Park hosted the traditional curtain-raiser to the English season a week before the start of the Premier League.
City were helped by the first-half dismissal of Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic for a reckless challenge on Aleksandar Kolarov.
City, employing a new 3-4-3 formation, started the brightest but European Champions and F.A. Cup holders Chelsea opened the scoring five minutes before halftime when Fernando Torres scored with the outside of his foot after a jinking run by Ramires.