Liverpool defeated Chelsea 5-4 on penalty to win the 2019 UEFA Super Cup in Istanbul, Turkey on Wednesday.
At the end of 120 minutes, the game tied at 2-2, which necessitated a penalty shootout to decide the winner of the tournament.
Liverpool converted all five kicks while Chelsea’s Tammy Abraham missed the last kick to hand Liverpool the trophy.
Olivier Giroud had put Chelsea in the lead on 36 minutes. He was set free in the area by Christian Pulisic and made no mistake with a lovely finish into the bottom right corner.
On 41 minutes, Pulistic put the ball in the net for Chelsea, but the assistant referee raised his flag and the referee blew her whistle for an offside.
Sadio Mane equalised for Chelsea on 48th minute. Roberto Firmino, who came in as substitute passed the ball to the feet of Mane, who had an empty net in front of him and had no problems in tapping the ball in.
Fabinho, on 50th minute received a precise pass on the edge of the box and released a promising effort. Unfortunately for him, his strike flew painfully close to the right post.
The match ended on 90th minute with no goal. It has to go into extra time.
