The opening exchanges of the UEFA Super Cup clash between Chelsea and Liverpool in Istanbul were interrupted by a pitch invader.
The two Premier League titans, winners of the Europa League and Champions League respectively last season, faced off in Istanbul in the annual curtain raiser for the new season of UEFA's continental competition.
However, 15 minutes into the match the action was interrupted by a pitch invader and eight stewards were required to chase down the man, who sprinted onto the field near to the end of the ground housing Chelsea fans.
Footage showed him sprinting around to avoid stewards before performing the knee slide and being quickly jumped on by a number of staff and carried away from the field.
The game, which was goalless at the time, was brought to a brief hiatus while stewards apprehended the invader - and whisked him out of sight of the cameras.
He appeared to enter the field just beyond the halfway line, near where the players were gathered with the ball at the end Liverpool were attacking.
He sprinted away from the majority of players into the other half of the pitch with stewards from all corners of the ground closing in before reaching him near Adrian's goalmouth.
