Chelsea vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result and reaction after Cole Palmer stunner seals victory
Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa: Enzo Maresca’s side climbed to third in the Premier League with a strong home victory
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea climbed to third in the Premier League as Aston Villa’s winless run continued at Stamford Bridge in a 3-0 defeat.
A goal inside five minutes from Nicolas Jackson set the hosts on course before Enzo Fernandez added a second before half time, the Chelsea captain connecting sweetly with a bouncing ball on the half volley. Victory was sealed late on by a stunning curled finish from Cole Palmer, lifting Enzo Maresca’s side to third and level on points with Arsenal as the two London clubs keep up the chase on leaders Liverpool.
It was another difficult outing for Unai Emery’s Villa, who are struggling to handle a busy season after a breakthrough qualification for the Champions League. It’s now eight games without a win for the club in all competitions, leaving them languishing in the bottom half of the table.
Re-live all of the action from Stamford Bridge in our live blog below:
Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
52 mins
A quick Chelsea counter, led by Fernandez, ends with Jackson blazing an effort over from inside the box.
Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
51 mins
Torres tries to pick out Watkins with a long ball forward, but there’s too much on it. Villa come again and Rogers tries to thread a pass into Watkins’ path, but again it rolls to Sanchez.
Moments later, Jackson is flagged for offside.
Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
48 mins
Almost a big chance for the hosts as the ball into the box nearly falls to Palmer near the penalty spot, but Olsen is quick off his line to clear.
Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
46 mins
Villa have a chance almost right away as McGinn gets forward and latches onto the long ball. He cuts inside and tests Sanchez with a strike from outside the area, but but the offside flag goes up.
KICK-OFF! Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
Chelsea get the second half started.
Robin Olsen has come on for Martinez in goal for Villa.
HALF-TIME! Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
Both sides are coming back out of the tunnel, so we’ll be underway again soon at Stamford Bridge.
The half-time scores in the other two matches are as follows:
Man Utd 2-0 Everton
Tottenham 0-0 Fulham
HALF-TIME! Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
The hosts are well on top here, and have been for most of the game bar a couple of decent Villa chances. It’s a long way back for the visitors now.
HALF-TIME! Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
HALF-TIME! Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
50 mins
The referee brings the first half to an end and it’s a comfortable 45 minutes for Chelsea in the end, with great finishes from Jackson and Fernandez.
Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
49 mins
The half is petering out now, with the hosts looking happy to just contain the result and head into the break with a two-goal lead.
It does almost ignite again though as the visitors almost put Martinez in trouble with a horrid back pass, but he manages to get out of it.
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