Chelsea at Wembley on Ferdinand`s hit-list

Manchester: Manchester United centre-back Rio Ferdinand is looking to get the domestic campaign under way by putting down a marker and recording an emphatic win over Chelsea in the Community Shield game at Wembley on Sunday."Obviously being in Asia for two weeks took a lot out of the team - it was a tiring trip - but we should be very close to peak performance by Sunday,” he told United`s official website.

"When there’s a trophy up for grabs it means everything to you to walk out of that stadium as winners." Winning the trophy for an 18th time for the Red Devils would be a good way to begin the season, but Ferdinand insists that success does not mean that greater things will ineluctably follow over the course of the coming campaign. "Winning would be great, but it won’t guarantee a successful season. You can’t read too much into these things," he added. Much talk around the Old Trafford club has centred upon how they will fill the goal-scoring gap left by the departures of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlo Tevez, but Ferdinand isn`t too concerned, feeling that the goals will be distributed around the team, with new signings such as Michael Owen playing their part. "I think the goals will be spread around a lot more this season," he stated. "Over the last two seasons Ronny was sort of our ‘go-to guy’, someone we relied on a lot to stick the ball in the back of the net. His goal record was phenomenal.” "But the likes of Wazza [Wayne Rooney], Berba [Dimitar Berbatov] and Michael Owen will score plenty of goals, as will our young forwards like [Federico] Macheda and [Danny] Welbeck. And you’ll probably see more from the midfielders as well.” "I think the biggest concern with Michael [Owen] when he signed was making sure he stayed fit.” "But he definitely has the right people around him at the club to help him manage his playing time. It’s just a case of him alerting the staff to any little niggles he has at an early stage and them keeping a close eye on him.” "We all know he’s got goals in him and we’ll see a lot more this season." Goal.com