Image source: Liverpool center back Virgil Van Dijk lifting UEFA Super Cup trophy at Vodafone Park, Istanbul (by Hrach Khachatryan, Vbetnews)

Liverpool won the UEFA Super Cup in Istanbul after a penalty shoot-out victory over Chelsea, 2-2 (5-4).

Ahead of the match, everyone expected Jurgen Klopp’s side to win the match with a thrashing score after Frank Lampard’s side suffered a heavy defeat against Manchester United in their Premier League opener (4-0).

However, the Premier League runners-up faced a tough opposition from Chelsea and the winner was decided by the penalty shoot-out when Adrian denied a penalty scored by Tammy Abraham.

Following the game, in an interview with VBET News, Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk revealed that Chelsea didn’t surprise them: “We expected a very tough game. In the first thirty minutes, we played very well. Especially in the second half, we played well as well. They [Chelsea] had good moments and in the end, you know, it’s lucky lottery penalties are like that,”

UEFA Champions League and UEFA Super Cup are now on Klopp’s hands but they still need to win the domestic league.

Van Dijk thinks they have enough confidence to do that.

“We should have confidence anyway We are a fantastic team, we have a fantastic squad so we need to believe in ourselves be confident and so focus for now will be on Saturday,” 28-year-old added.

There were speculations that Klopp didn’t allow to touch the “This is Anfield” sign at Anfield, the Reds skipper denied it by saying: “Before we have already touched it everyone has touched it a lot, so we will see.”

Virgil Van Dijk: “Chelsea had good moments and in the end, you know, it’s lucky lottery penalties are like that” pic.twitter.com/7NE2cKbuyw — VBET News (@VBETnews) August 15, 2019

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