John Terry, who led England into a new era last week, launched Chelsea's bid for a hat-trick of Premiership titles in similar style today.
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Terry heads home his early goal for Chelsea
Terry led from the front to score in his first game as England skipper against Greece on Wednesday.
And he was on target again as Jose Mourinho's champions sank 10-man City to get the defence of their Premiership crown off to the right start.
Frank Lampard added a second before the break and Didier Drogba grabbed the third after Bernado Corradi was sent off on his City debut.
It was business as usual at Stamford Bridge, where Mourinho has still not lost a league game since his arrival, two years ago.
The Blues boss claimed his team were not ready for the new campaign with a string of injuries and an unusually short pre-season programme behind them.
• Mourinho delighted with display
But, as the players emerged from the tunnel for their warm-up, the big screens at Stamford Bridge showed Manchester United hammering Fulham 5-1 at Old Trafford.
United had started with a bang and, ready or not, the Blues would not want to concede early ground to the Red Devils.
Liverpool and Arsenal had both dropped two points on the opening day from games they were expected to win.
Chelsea had to get the job done - and they did with the sort of ruthlessness which has become their trademark under Mourinho.
They did not look particularly fluent in their new attacking formation with two strikers and two wingers.
But they went ahead through their on-field leader Terry in the 11th minute and, from that point, never looked like taking anything less than three points from the game.
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