Chelsea 2 Aston Villa 0: Chelsea fans show their sense of humour amid Jose Mourinho-led crisis
ANALYSIS: Stamford Bridge supporters enjoy seeing their side get back to winning ways, plus the view from the bench, moment of the match and Diego Costa going down too easily
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea alleviated some of the pressure on manager Jose Mourinho with a straight forward 2-0 win over Aston Villa. We take a look a closer look at the match.
STAR PLAYER
Diego Costa: Scored one - his third of the season - forced another and was a central protagonist for Chelsea. He benefited from Cesc Fabregas being allowed the space to play.
MOMENT OF THE MATCH
Chelsea's second goal - an own goal from Alan Hutton - was met with a chorus of "we are staying up". The Blues fans have kept their sense of humour amid the woeful start.
VIEW FROM THE BENCH
Eden Hazard and Gary Cahill, captain of England in his most recent game, found themselves on the substitutes' bench as Baba Rahman and Ruben Loftus-Cheek made their first league starts. Rahman was exposed and Loftus-Cheek replaced at half-time by Nemanja Matic, who lasted longer than he did at Southampton. Villa made four changes, with Jack Grealish among those restored, but despite some opportunities, did not have the resources to breach Chelsea.
MOAN OF THE MATCH
Diego Costa: He went down all too easily in search of a penalty when running between Richardson and Lescott. Costa enjoys the physical game and should be able to stay on his feet unless he is genuinely felled. He also had a Greco-Roman wrestle with Ashley Westwood as neither would allow the other to return to their feet off the ball. There was a sly kick from Costa, too.
WHO'S UP NEXT?
Dynamo Kiev v Chelsea (Champions League, Tuesday October 20)
Aston Villa v Swansea (Barclays Premier League, Saturday October 24)
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