August 8, 2010

Community Shield: Chelsea v Manchester United in pictures

The best photographs as Manchester United took on Chelsea at Wembley in the traditional curtain raiser to the season

community shields: Chelsea v Manchester United - FA Community Shield — Nemanja Vidic holds off Ashley Cole as the Community Shield gets underway Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

community shields: Chelsea v Manchester United - FA Community Shield — Chelsea's Michael Essien, back from injury, attempts to cross at John O'Shea closes him down Photograph: Darren Walsh/Getty Images

community shields: Chelsea v Manchester United - FA Community Shield — Chelsea captain John Terry stretches for the ball Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images

community shields: Chelsea v Manchester United - FA Community Shield — Wayne Rooney, who like Terry was booed before kick-off, feels the wrath of the Chelsea support Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

community shields: Chelsea v Manchester United - FA Community Shield — Terry and competes with Michael Owen for the ball Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

community shields: Chelsea v Manchester United - FA Community Shield — Vidic is again in the thick of it, this time thwarting Florent Malouda Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

community shields: Chelsea v Manchester United - FA Community Shield — Manchester United open the scoring through Antonio Valencia, who slots past Henrique Hilario after a square ball from Rooney Photograph: Tom Hevezi/AP

community shields: Chelsea v Manchester United - FA Community Shield — A Manchester United fan blows a vuvuzela Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images

community shields: Chelsea v Manchester United - FA Community Shield — Javier Hernández puts United two up – but there is a hint of fortune about the goal, the ball skewing off Hernández's boot before striking him in the face and flying into the net Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/getty images

community shields: Chelsea v Manchester United - FA Community Shield — The man known as 'Chicharito' celebrates with United's other summer signing, Chris Smalling Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images

community shields: Chelsea v Manchester United - FA Community Shield — The Chelsea fans are silenced Photograph: Tom Dulat/Getty Images

community shields: Chelsea v Manchester United - FA Community Shield — Chelsea bring themselves back into the game when Salomon Kalou slots a rebound past Edwin van der Sar with seven minutes to go Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

community shields: Chelsea v Manchester United - FA Community Shield — Substitute Dimitar Berbatov lobs Hilario to seal the win for United Photograph: Phil Cole/Getty Images

community shields 2: Chelsea v Manchester United - FA Community Shield — Darren Fletcher and Rooney lift the trophy as United celebrate their Community Shield win Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

community shields 2: Manchester United celebrate after winning the FA Community Shield — Will United now follow on and do what four of the last five winners of the Community Shield have done and win the Premier League? Photograph: Tony Marshall/EMPICS Sport

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