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Chelsea add UEFA Super Cup to Champions League trophy

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Chelsea players celebrate after winning the penalty shoot-out

Substitute goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga made two shootout saves as Champions League winners Chelsea beat Spain’s Europa League holders Villarreal 6-5 on penalties to add the UEFA Super Cup to their trophy collection on Wednesday night.

Extra time had ended 1-1 at Belfast’s Windsor Park ground, with Chelsea replacing goalkeeper Edouard Mendy with Kepa in the final seconds in what turned out to be a master-stroke as penalties loomed.

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