It's all over at Stamford Bridge and Chelsea get off to a good start with a comfortable win as goals from John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba seal the three points.

Andriy Shevchenko thinks he has scored a Premiership debut goal but it is ruled out for offside aganst Frank Lampard.

Chelsea win another corner but Frank Lampard's ball into the City area is cleared by the visitors.

Frank Lampard has room to get in a shot but fails with his cheeky bid to lob the ball over Nicky Weaver.

Chelsea are continuing to keep hold of the ball as they patiently probe away at the City defence looking to strike if the chance arises.

Goalscorer Didier Drogba goes off with new boy John Mikel getting a chance to shine in the closing stages.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho opts to make another change with Arjen Robben replaced by Lassana Diarra.

As predicted earlier Chelsea got a chance to push forward and took it with Wayne Bridge getting a cross in from the left and DIDIER DROGBA sending a diving header past Nicky Weaver.

Richard Dunne brings Frank Lampard down in a dangerous position on the edge of the area. Didier Drogba takes it but his effort rebounds off the wall.

City also make a change with Stephen Ireland coming on in place of Claudio Reyna.

Chelsea make a change with Salomon Kalou coming on for Shaun Wright-Phillips

The kick is delayed as the referee wants to a word with Paul Dickov for pushing and shoving. When the ball comes in a free-kick is awarded and Dickov is booked for dissent.

Darius Vassell wins a corner off Ricardo Carvalho for City.

A neat backheel in the area by Shaun Wright-Phillips is cut out as Frank Lampard looked to try and latch on to it.

With City down to 10 men it is even more unlikely that they will get anything from this contest now as Chelsea looked comfortable when it was 11 v 11.

Michael Essien picks up a booking from Steve Bennett for his reaction to the foul.

Bernardo Corradi dives in on Michael Essien and is given a second yellow card and then a subsequent red on his debut.

Nicky Weaver comes flying out to gather the ball at the second attempt despite being under pressure from Didier Drogba.

Shaun Wright-Phillips tries his luck from the edge of the area but it drifts out off a City defender and a corner is not awarded much to his disgust.

A double switch for City with strike duo Paul Dickov and Darius Vassell coming on in place of Georgios Samaras and Ousmane Dabo.

Georgios Samaras breaks down the right but his ball into Bernardo Corradi is well cut out by Ricardo Carvalho in the area.

Arjen Robben works an opening for himself on the edge of the area but his effort is just high and wide of the target.

Chelsea appear happy to sit back and let City come at them with the plan being to pick them off on the counter-attack.

Andriy Shevchenko turns in the area and his effort hits Richard Dunne on the arm from a yard away. Appeals for a penalty are ignored by the referee.

Bernardo Corradi is booked after diving into a challenge which sends Paulo Ferreira crashing to the turf.

Didier Drogba puts a super cross into the City area but it is just too far in front of Andriy Shevchenko.

Brief forways upfield for both sides in the early exchanges of the half with nothing of significance to note as yet.

Chelsea get the second 45 minutes underway at Stamford Bridge looking to continue where they left off in the first half with comfortable controlled football. City have played reasonably well but will need to sharpen up in attack if they are going to

It's half-time and Chelsea hold a comfortable lead against a City side who started the game brightly but were undone by a John Terry header from a free-kick and a deflected Frank Lampard strike.

Michael Essien tries his luck from distance but Nicky Weaver does well to parry the shot away from the goal.

Didier Drogba tries to get a shot in on goal but he is put off well by good defending from Sylvain Distin.

Ben Thatcher puts a cross into the area from the left and John Terry slips as he tries to head clear before the Blues eventually hack the ball away.

Ousmane Dabo tries his luck for City but the effort is easily gathered by Carlo Cudicini.

Trevor Sinclair places a ball over the top of the Chelsea defence for Bernardo Corradi but the Italian cannot control it and Carlo Cudicini collects.

Micah Richards guides the ball out for a corner to deny Arjen Robben geting on to a loose ball on the edge of the area. The resulting Frank Lampard corner is cleared.

City go up the field and Claudio Reyna is allowed to let fly from distance with an effort which flashes across the face of Chelsea's goal.

The ball is only cleared to Shaun Wright-Phillips and the former City man fires his shot wide of the upright.

Wayne Bridge does well down the left wing and puts a good cross into the area which Richard Dunne heads out for a corner.

City win a corner on the right which is played in by Joey Barton but the delivery is poor and Chelsea clear.

Chelsea break again and, despite not really getting into second gear, go two-up when Michael Essien finds FRANK LAMPARD on the edge of the area and his shot deflects in off Richard Dunne.

A confidence booster for Nicky Weaver as he dives out to collect a driven cross from Shaun Wright-Phillips into the area.

Richard Dunne gets up well to knock the ball back to Nicky Weaver with Andriy Shevchenko lurking to get on the end of a long ball into the City area.

The game is held up for a moment while Arjen Robben and Micah Richards get treatment after a clash of heads.

A good move by City with Bernardo Corradi playing the ball into the onrushing Trevor Sinclair whose effort from the edge of the area is comfortable for Carlo Cudicini.

City will be hugely diappointed to have gone a goal down after their bright opening 10 minutes to the game in which Chelsea hardly ventured out of their own half.

Frank Lampard takes the resulting free-kick on the edge of the area which is inches wide of the upright.

Debutant Ousmane Dabo goes into the book for a lunging foul on Shaun Wright-Phillips.

Ben Thatcher comits a foul out wide and Arjen Robben's inswinging free-kick is whipped into the area for skipper JOHN TERRY to send a glancing header into the net.

Chelsea win a corner as Ben Thatcher heads the ball out of play. Frank Lampard plays it in but Trevor Sinclair heads clear.

Chelsea are finding themselves penned back in their own half at the moment as City press up on them. However they are always capable of launching a quick break which City need to be wary of.

City are putting Chelsea's players under pressure everytime they get the ball in a bid to try and prevent them from playing their flowing passing game.

Richard Dunne gets up to deny Didier Drogba from getting his head to a great Arjen Robben cross from the right into the area.

A scrappy opening few minutes with City conceding two early free-kicks for niggling fouls in the middle of the pitch.

The champions get their new Premiership campaign up and running against Stuart Pearce's City side at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea will be aware of Manchester United's 5-1 win against Fulham this afternoon and will no doubt be aiming to get off to an equa

Chelsea hand a debut to Andriy Shevchenko, the only one of their new signings in the starting line-up, while Shaun Wright-Phillips is handed a start against his former club. New signings Bernardo Corradi and Ousmane Dabo start for City, with Nicky We