Edwin van der Sar admitted the Reds' Community Shield success went some way to atoning for last season's FA Cup final disappointment.
The Dutch stopper was United's match-winner, saving penalty kicks from Claudio Pizarro, Frank Lampard and Shaun Wright-Philips.
"It's a great feeling," van der Sar told Sky Sports amid the Reds' celebrations.
"It's a little revenge for the cup final and also gives us a boost before the start of the league. I've never saved three penalties in a row."
Despite his heroics at Wembley, Van der Sar admits his record in shootouts is not the best.
"I was 5-2 down on penalty shootouts during my career, so this makes it 5-3," the 36-year-old said.
"I think we deserved the win – we played the better football and created more chances than them. Chelsea only had the one chance at the end of the first half."
funnily, JoseM said that Chelsea controlled the whole 90mins...
well, a draw at the end was a fair result.
community shield is hardly a revenge for the loss of the fa cup.
the fa cup is hardly a revenge for the loss of the premiership.