Sunday sees reigning Premier League champions Manchester City and FA Cup winners Chelsea contest the season’s traditional curtain-raiser, at Villa Park on this occasion. The stakes are high as the two big-spending giants of English football go head-to-head.

Roberto di Matteo’s Chelsea have a completely new look after their extravagant spending spree while Roberto Mancini has struggled to add players to his squad.

New Chelsea signing Marko Marin will miss the Community Shield against Manchester City on Sunday.

The summer signing from Werder Bremen has been suffering with a hamstring injury for several days and will sit out the curtain-raiser at Villa Park.

Chelsea have no other injury concerns for the match.

Gareth Barry and Micah Richards are ruled out of the Manchester City squad due to injury but Vincent Kompany is expected to recover from a calf injury.

Midfielder Barry, 31, has failed to recover from the hip injury that kept him out of Euro 2012.

He had a hernia operation last month and is hopeful of being fit for the start of the new Premier League season.

Defender Richards hurt his ankle in Great Britain's Olympic quarter-final defeat by South Korea.

Kompany was forced to fly home from his club's Far East tour with a calf complaint.


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Yay...Football is back

Go Chelsea Go Go Go

Muki...Tomorrow's Mangarib drinks are on you ooo

Chelsea is the club, Blue is the colour.

go chelsea

Yeahhhyyyaaahhhhhh! Football is back! Blues all d way

The English Premier League is LOADING...............
Cant wait for kick off

City wil do dia tin 2mao. Dy knw au to defeat chelsea.

Up Up Up ^blueszzzz

am so so apy cos chelsea haters wil resume to der bad belle.i say welcom on board to dem.go go chelsea

Bluezz til eternity!!! Go CHELSEA

football season is tha best .. (GBAM) up blues ..

Blue is the colour....
Chelsea is the team..

Cant wait to fly wit that colour!

Jaykizz: City wil do dia tin 2mao. Dy knw au to defeat chelsea.

ur comment is not and will never be new to us(chelsea fans).my advice for u is to change before it will be tooo late.go chelsea.

Da blue army...up blues...da pride of London

Go Chelsea let teach this Manchester some lesson

Ndi chelsea nwa mama,i hail una in wawa language.

Chelsea til i die, d blues ar back

Chelsea 4eva.go go go go go boys.chelsea till I die

Ama ma support #CFC noni bcoz kokanaye. Blues for life

at last, epl season starts. Weekends don't get any beta.

yes yes yes yes yes!! ! ! ........now my weekends wont be boring anymore........

chelsea chelsea chelsea..........chelsea
oya make i see ur jersey........

Abeyjide:



ur comment is not and will never be new to us(chelsea fans).my advice for u is to change before it will be tooo late.go chelsea.

I PLEDGE TO MY TEAM - D GUNNERS...
TO B FAITHFUL, LOYAL N HONEST...
TO SERVE D GUNNERS WIT AL MA STRENGTH...
TO DEFEND OUR UNITY...
AN UPHOLD OUR HONOUR N GLORY...
SO HELP ME LORD Bleep AL ARSENAL HATERS (AMEN)!

Sunday sees reigning [b]Premier League champions
Manchester City and FA Cup winners Chelsea
[/b]contest the season’s traditional curtain-raiser, at
Villa Park on this occasion. The stakes are high as
the two big-spending giants of English football
go head-to-head.
Am i see some mistake in the bolded. Bbc don type mistake

chelsea NOW