Uefa Champions League champions England’s Chelsea beat Europa Cup winners Spain’s Villarreal 6-5 in a penalty shootout to lift the Uefa Super Cup for a second time.
Substitute goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga saved captain Raul Albiol’s spot-kick at Windsor Park after a draining 120 minutes of action ended 1-1 in Belfast before the shootout was used to decide the match.
It was an inspired substitution by Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel, sending Arrizabalaga on in the 119th minute and the much-maligned Spaniard comes up trumps, saving two penalties in the shootout
Kepa came on late in extra time and then saved two penalties.
Hakim Ziyech opened the scoring for the Blues midway through the opening 45 minutes break before Gerard Moreno equalised in the 73rd minute to force extra time.
Below are penalty shootout proceedings;
GOAL – Chelsea 2-2 Villarreal
Pervis Estupinan
Lovely. The ex-Watford man waits for Kepa to commit and rolls it the other way.
GOAL – Chelsea 0-1 Villarreal
Gerard Moreno
Lovely. Kepa goes the wrong way and Moreno’s penalty clips the post on the way in.
GOAL – Chelsea 1-1 Villarreal
Cesar Azpilicueta
Perfect penalty. Keeper went the right way but it was in the corner.
MISSED PENALTY – Chelsea 1-1 Villarreal
Aissa Mandi
Good save by Kepa, down low and to his right.
GOAL – Chelsea 2-1 Villarreal
Marcos Alonso
Alonso slips just after he shoots but it still goes in.
GOAL – Chelsea 2-2 Villarreal
Pervis Estupinan
Lovely. The ex-Watford man waits for Kepa to commit and rolls it the other way.
GOAL – Chelsea 3-2 Villarreal
Mason Mount
Nice from Mount. Keeper goes the other way and he slots home.
GOAL – Chelsea 3-3 Villarreal
Moi Gomez
A long delay. The ref makes him place it again – but the penalty is excellent. Kepa guesses right but this is bottom corner.
GOAL – Chelsea 4-3 Villarreal
Jorginho
Cheeky. Jorginho’s usual skip and he rolls it down the centre after the keeper moves.
GOAL – Chelsea 4-4 Villarreal
Daniel Raba
Sends Kepa the wrong way. To sudden death we go.
GOAL – Chelsea 5-4 Villarreal
Christian Pulisic
This is basically the exact same as Villarreal’s last one. Goal.
GOAL – Chelsea 5-5 Villarreal
Juan Foyth
Nerves of steel as ex-Spurs man Foyth steps up and slots home. Kepa guesses wrong again.
GOAL – Chelsea 6-5 Villarreal
Antonio Rudiger
Nice. The keeper is rooted to the spot as Rudiger places it bottom corner.
MISSED PENALTY – Chelsea 6-5 Villarreal
Raul Albiol
KEPA SAVES!!!!! It wasn’t the best penalty but Kepa still does well to get down low to his right and keep it out.
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