Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard acknowledged that it was a "sweet moment" to claim the FA Community Shield at the expense of Manchester United. Carlo Ancelotti's men came through a penalty shoot-out in which both Ryan Giggs and Patrice Evra had weak efforts saved by Blues goalkeeper Petr Cech.

Nani had fired United in front after ten minutes at Wembley with a 25-yard drive, before second-half goals from Ricardo Carvalho and Lampard put Chelsea in the driving seat.

Wayne Rooney then levelled in stoppage time to take the contest into penalties, but Cech was the hero for Chelsea, who won their first bit of silverware under Ancelotti.

"This is sweet. It feels nice to make a winning start to the season," Lampard said. "After that last goal we could have been on a downer, but we didn't let out heads drop."

Carvalho added: "The win means a lot. It's important to win trophies and start with a win. But now we have to look to the [Barclays] Premier League and start winning there, as it's important to get a lead.

"It wasn't a good start, but after that we controlled the game and I thought we deserved to win. We conceded in the last minute, but came back and won on penalties."

This is sweet. It feels nice to make a winning start to the season.
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard

Despite the loss, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was generally happy with his team's performance throughout the match.

"Our commitment was there," he said. "The equaliser was a poor goal, we should have defended better. Once they got the [second] goal I thought they were in control, so it was good to equalise."