Community Shield. Who Cares!? I did!

So yet again, for the third time in the space of only a few months City traveled down to London in search of silverware. City would face the Salford Reds in the Community Shield, a traditional pre season curtain raiser that promised to be anything but traditional.
The last time these two teams met City were the victors with the single goal from Yaya Toure, and in much the same way as that game it was United who would dominate the opening exchanges and, if truth were told, were much the better side, fitter and quicker to the ball. City meanwhile seemed sluggish and disjointed and were lucky not to be goals down when Lescott moved between Ferdinand and De Gea to slot home the opener. At that point City came alive and at the death Dzeko doubled the lead. Halftime would be just what United needed though as a knockout punch that no doubt would have been landed was interrupted by the bell, or in this case the whistle.
As all City fans know from experience though a United team on the ropes is possibly the most dangerous United team you can face and that proved to be just the case. City started the second half stuck in first gear as clearances hoofed out of Harts penalty box were quickly returned with speed and determination by a rampant red surge. I am now going to type four words that I never imagined I would ever type, ‘Ferguson, to his credit’ (Oh that stings!) made wholesale changes at the half and they repaid him almost immediately. Smalling reduced the deficit getting on to a Young freekick before Nani scored a cute equalizing goal. From that point on there was only going to be one team to score and ironically it came from a rare City forward adventure in the United half. Dzekos weak header was wellied clear by Rooney and while the usually reliable Kompany discussed with Clichy who would get the ball Nani had latched on and was through one on one with Hart. As the net bustled the United fans rejoiced and, once more, City hearts sunk.