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Chelsea level scores with Liverpool through Jorginho’s overtime penalty

Archie Blade
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Chelsea level scores with Liverpool through Jorginho’s overtime penalty

Chelsea level scores with Liverpool through Jorginho’s overtime penalty in the UEFA Super Cup showdown at Istanbul tonight.

In just a little under 2 hours, Chelsea and Liverpool have racked up 4 goals in a match that is turning out to be worthy of a UEFA showpiece event. This match has been played out like a game of chess. Slightly slow but intelligent play in the middle before both teams have launched an aggressive check in front of the goal.

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Chelsea took the lead in the 36th minute through Olivier Giroud and walked off the field 1-0 at half-time. Jurgen Klopp introduced Roberto Firmino in the second have and reaped immediate reward as Firmino combine with Sadio Mane to equalise the match in the 48th minute.

By full time, both teams remained unseparated. The game was then taken to an extra 30 minute played over two halves of 15 minutes each. Mane and Firmino once again paired to set up Liverpool’s second goal. Chelsea seemed to be all but out of the contest. However, a foul by Liverpool Goal Keeper bought them back into the game.

Chelsea level scores with Liverpool through Jorginho’s overtime penalty

After checking with the VAR, Chelsea were handed a penalty. Jorginho took the spot kick and placed the ball behind the net to level the score with Liverpool. In doing so, he has become the first Italian to score in the UEFA Super Cup match since Filippo Inzaghi in 2007.

By the end of 120 minutes, the match ended with the scores tied at 2-2. The game will now go to Penalty shoot-outs. The winner will be decided by whoever manages to find the back of the net more times in their allotted 5 kicks.

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Archie Blade

Archie Blade

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Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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