Chelsea win Uefa Super Cup on penalties

Chelsea

Chelsea were crowned Uefa Super Cup champions after defeating Villarreal 6-5 on penalties at Windsor Park in Belfast on Wednesday night.

The Blues got off to a bright start and should've taken an early lead but Timo Werner and N'Golo Kante were unable to find the net in the opening 10 minutes of the match.

Thomas Tuchel's side did eventually take the lead in the 27th minute when Kai Havertz made a run off the back of the defence before sending the ball into the path of Hakim Ziyech, who slots the ball home from 10 yards out.

The Spanish outfit thought they should've been awarded a penalty two minutes later but the replay showed Marcos Alonso blocked Pino's cross with his tight.

Mendy came to Chelsea's rescue in the 33rd minute when he made a great block to keep out Dia's low shot from  15 yards out after Chalobah failed to make the initial block.

At the other end, Asenjo produced a great save of his own to deny Alonso's low strike which looked to be heading for the bottom corner before Zouma lashed his effort over the bar two minutes later.

Villarreal failed to make the most of their chance in the 53rd minute when Mendy's pass fell straight to Moreno, who went through on goal before hitting the post with his effort to save the Chelsea keepers blushes.