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Liverpool beat Chelsea on Penalties to lift Super Cup
It was a poor penalty by Abraham as his miss allows Liverpool to win their fourth Uefa Super Cup.
The Reds came back well in the second half but you have to feel for Chelsea who didn’t deserve to lose in that manner. Lampard’s side looked good going forward and the performance will give the new manager a lot of hope for the season ahead.
Liverpool edged out Chelsea on penalties after a long and wearying European Super Cup went all the way down to the wire in Istanbul.
Frank Lampardâs Blues dominated the first half, eventually taking the lead through Olivier Giroud, their top scorer in the Europa League last season, when he found himself free in the box to shoot across goal and into the bottom corner, past stand-in keeper Adrian.
However, like against Manchester United on Sunday, they couldnât quite make their first-half domination count as Pedro hit the woodwork and Christian Pulisic had a goal ruled out correctly after a narrow offside call.
They paid for that profligacy when Liverpool, coming out with renewed vigour with Roberto Firmino on for a subdued Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, equalised in opening minutes of the second half.
The Brazilian substitute ran onto a floated-in ball from Fabinho, and Sadio Mane was on hand to help his shot over the line.
Both sides had chances to go ahead in the second half, with Kepa Arrizabalaga making a remarkable double save to deny Liverpool, while Chelsea had another goal denied by the offside flag after Mason Mount struck past Adrian.
Firmino and Mane linked up well once again early on in extra time, carving open space in the Chelsea box with a neat one-two, finished off by the Senegalese for his second.
That lead only lasted five minutes though, as Adrian was adjudged to have caught Tammy Abraham. Jorginho stepped up coolly slot the resultant penalty past the Spanish goalkeeper.
Both sets of players visibly flagged on a hot and humid night in Turkey as the final whistle was blown.
In the shootout, Liverpool scored all five of their penalties, before Abraham struck Chelseaâs straight fifth at Adrian.
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