There was a comfortable sort of feel about the Community Shield this year. A sense of deja vu.
Liverpool travel to Cardiff, return with a trophy, Mourinho, as usual, seems to view an entirely different game and cannot give credit where it is due.
Lampard followed on from his World Cup performances with his shooting not troubling any barn doors but managing to successfully kick Liverpool midfielders. This time it was Zenden on the receiving end.
So far, so usual. Ballack retired seemingly hurt after kicking Sissoko up in the air and Shevchenko scored a goal that looked suspiciously offside.
Chelsea fans were as rare in the stadium as hen's teeth. The message to them is clear. If you want to be taken seriously as a "big club", try actually supporting the team now and again.
Vast open spaces in the Chelsea end brought howls of derision from the Liverpool fans.
On the pitch, the absence of the likes of Gerrard, Alonso, Hyppia and Bellamy from the starting eleven seemed to be making the point to Mourinho that Benitez is more than happy with the strength of his squad.
One banner in the Liverpool end summed up the situation perfectly as it proclaimed "We've won considerably more than you".
Couldn't put it better myself.
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