Mateo Kovačić (5) and N’Golo Kanté (2) made as many successful tackles combined as the entire Villarreal side (7).
Bossing the midfield. 
5 Likes
Trevoh Chalobah’s first half by numbers vs. Villarreal:
100% pass accuracy
48 touches
45 passes (most)
1 interception
1 shot
Looking comfortable. 
7 Likes
26th May: Gerard Moreno scores for Villarreal in the Europa League final vs Man Utd.
11th August: Gerard Moreno scores for Villarreal in the UEFA Super Cup vs Chelsea.
4 Likes
8 - Gerard Moreno has scored eight goals in his last nine appearances for Villarreal in European competition, while only six players have scored more goals for a top 5 European league side in all comps than the Spaniard since the start of last season (31).
6 Likes
Gerard Moreno has now scored more goals for Villarreal (83) than any other player in the club’s history, breaking Giuseppe Rossi’s record.
Living legend. 
6 Likes
Hakim Ziyech
20 Likes
5 - Players from the top five European leagues with most goals in 2021 in all comps:
28 - Lionel Messi 
28 - Robert Lewandowski 
28 - Kylian Mbappé 
27 - Erling Braut Haaland 
23 - GERARD MORENO 
Spectacular.
20 Likes
Pau Torres’ side has now played extra-time in each of his last six knockout games:
◉ UEL final
◉ Euros R16
◉ Euros QF
◉ Euros SF
◉ Olympics QF
◉ Olympics SF
◉ Olympics Final
◉ UEFA Super Cup
His 202/21 season only ended four days ago. 
5 Likes
3/4 - Heading into tonight’s penalty shootout, Chelsea have lost three of their last four shootouts in all competitions, including a 4-5 defeat to Liverpool in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup final.
6 Likes
Thomas Tuchel is the first manager in Chelsea’s history to win the Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup.
He didn’t even need a year in charge. 
♂
4 Likes
Kepa Arrizabalaga was subbed in for penalties and saved two, including the game-winner 
CHELSEA’S SUPER CUP HERO 
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/47 - Just three of the 47 Super Cup finals have gone to penalties, with Chelsea being involved in all three – winning tonight, and losing against Bayern Munich in 2013 and Liverpool in 2019. Awaited.
4 Likes
9 - Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has never lost against Spanish opposition in his managerial career, winning four and drawing five of his nine such games. Unbeaten.
4 Likes
Jorginho and Emerson are the first players in football history to win the UEFA Champions League, European Championship and Super Cup in the same year.
Jorginho is the only one that has played in every final. 
4 Likes
Trevoh Chalobah excelled in his Chelsea debut (!) tonight:
147 touches (most)
123/130 acc. passes (most)
3/3 ground duels won
5 interceptions (most)
5 clearances
2 tackles
0 times dribbled past
7.5 SofaScore rating
4 Likes
3 - For a third year in a row, the UEFA Super Cup has been won by a team managed by a German coach; Jürgen Klopp with Liverpool in 2019, Hansi Flick with FC Bayern in 2020 and Thomas Tuchel with Chelsea in 2021. Triple.
4 Likes
8/9 - The Champions League winners have now won the UEFA Super Cup in eight of the last nine seasons, while they had won just four of the previous nine before this run. Dominance.
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