Kepa Arrizabalaga The Hero As Chelsea wins the Super Cup

Chelsea defeated Villarreal 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw during the regulation time. Hakim Ziyech the Moroccan opened the scoring from the pass from Kai Havertz on the 27th minutes of the game and on the stroke of 73rd minute the Spanish striker Gerrard Moreno equalized for Villarreal to take the game into extra time and penalty shoot out. The Hero Kepa Arrizabalaga was introduced late in the extra time for penalty shoot out The Spaniard saved the brushes of Chelsea after Kai Havertz had mussed the first penalty for chelsea by saving the spot kick from Aissa Mandi and he also saved the last kick from Raul Albiol to ensure chelsea wins the UEFA Super Cup. watch the video of the last kick below Thomas Tuchel the chelsea manager after the game said "We talked about it with the goalkeepers after the first cup game against Barnsley."Kepa has the best percentage at saving penalties, the analysing guys and goalkeeping coaches showed me the data. We spoke to the players that this could happen when we play in knockout games. It's fantastic how Edouard (Mendy) accepted it. Here are the pictures from the game as chelsea were celebrating
see celebrating video below

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