Jorginho scored two penalties as Chelsea fought help from a procedure the total formulation down to beat Aston Villa and pass level on aspects with second-positioned Liverpool.
Villa had taken a fortunate lead in the 28th minute when Matt Targett’s whipped scandalous from the left was as soon as met by Chelsea defender Reece James and his glancing header diverted the ball previous Edouard Mendy and into the fetch for an maintain procedure.
But Chelsea were level six minutes later with Jorginho converting a penalty after Callum Hudson-Odoi had been introduced down by Matty Money’s clumsy affirm in the 18-yard box.
Substitute Romelu Lukaku, who had neglected three fits due to Covid-19, came on on the begin of the second half of and scored internal 11 minutes, heading in from Hudson-Odoi’s scandalous.
Lukaku helped form Chelsea’s third as he won an injury-time penalty, which Jorginho converted for his second procedure of the sport.
The victory affords Chelsea their first select in three Premier League fits to fling away them third, late Liverpool on procedure distinction and six aspects adrift of leaders Manchester Metropolis.
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Returning Lukaku makes the distinction
Chelsea were high of the league after their 2-1 select against Watford on 1 December, earlier than a trudge of handiest 5 aspects from four games saw them descend late Metropolis in the title trudge, but this was as soon as a richly deserved and a ways wished victory.
Villa were without manager Steven Gerrard after he examined obvious for Covid-19, with assistant Gary McAllister issuing the instructions from the touchline.
Chelsea beget also been plagued by Covid-19 and boss Thomas Tuchel had unsuccessfully asked to beget their goalless plan at Wolves on 19 December postponed.
They were composed without Kai Havertz and Timo Werner, though Lukaku was as soon as help in the squad with Hudson-Odoi returning to the starting up line-up.
Mason Mount virtually gave them a fortunate lead when a mis-hit scandalous hit the discontinuance of the bar, earlier than Villa won a gash of luck themselves.
James diverted Targett’s scandalous into his maintain fetch, though Blues goalkeeper Mendy will must beget done higher as he obtained his fingers to it, but may perchance not help the ball out.
Chelsea were soon level with Jorginho’s first penalty.
Tuchel made a swap at half of-time with Lukaku coming on for defender Trevoh Chalobah, though the German was as soon as then forced into one other substitution six minutes later when Thiago Silva went off injured with Andreas Christensen replacing him.
After Lukaku’s procedure, Mount will must beget stretched Chelsea’s lead further. He had taken the ball previous goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and with handiest defender Tyrone Mings guarding the fetch, the England midfielder fired huge.
Hudson-Odoi also had a late effort saved by Martinez, but those misses did not display camouflage costly as Chelsea scored their third late on.
It came from a storming trudge from Lukaku, with the forward introduced down by Ezri Konsa and Jorginho saved his chilly to score his ninth procedure of the season and his sixth in six games.
Participant of the match
LukakuRomelu Lukaku
with a median of 8.34
Aston Villa
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Squad quantity1Participant titleMartínez
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Squad quantity11Participant titleWatkins
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Squad quantity41Participant titleJ Ramsey
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Squad quantity4Participant titleKonsa
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Squad quantity6Participant titleDouglas Luiz
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Squad quantity2Participant titleMoney
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Squad quantity3Participant titleTargett
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Squad quantity8Participant titleSanson
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Squad quantity10Participant titleBuendía
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Squad quantity15Participant titleTraoré
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Squad quantity5Participant titleMings
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Squad quantity33Participant titleChukwuemeka
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Squad quantity20Participant titleIngs
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Squad quantity21Participant titleEl Ghazi
Chelsea
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Squad quantity9Participant titleLukaku
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Squad quantity5Participant titleJorginho
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Squad quantity7Participant titleKanté
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Squad quantity8Participant titleKovacic
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Squad quantity6Participant titleThiago Silva
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Squad quantity19Participant titleMount
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Squad quantity4Participant titleChristensen
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Squad quantity2Participant titleRüdiger
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Squad quantity16Participant titleMendy
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Squad quantity20Participant titleHudson-Odoi
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Squad quantity14Participant titleChalobah
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Squad quantity10Participant titlePulisic
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Squad quantity3Participant titleAlonso
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Squad quantity24Participant titleJames
Line-ups
Aston Villa
Formation 4-3-1-2
- 1MartínezBooked at 33minutes
- 2Money
- 4KonsaBooked at 90minutes
- 5MingsBooked at 65minutes
- 3Targett
- 8SansonSubstituted forEl Ghaziat 76′minutes
- 6Douglas Luiz
- 41J Ramsey
- 10BuendíaSubstituted forChukwuemekaat 74′minutes
- 20IngsSubstituted forTraoréat 73′minutes
- 11Watkins
Substitutes
- 12Steer
- 15Traoré
- 16Tuanzebe
- 17Trézéguet
- 21El Ghazi
- 30Hause
- 33Chukwuemeka
- 39Davis
- 47Iroegbunam
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 16Mendy
- 14ChalobahSubstituted forLukakuat 45′minutes
- 6Thiago SilvaSubstituted forChristensenat 52′minutes
- 2Rüdiger
- 24James
- 7KantéSubstituted forKovacicat 63′minutes
- 5Jorginho
- 3AlonsoBooked at 70minutes
- 19Mount
- 20Hudson-Odoi
- 10Pulisic
Substitutes
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 4Christensen
- 8Kovacic
- 9Lukaku
- 17Saúl
- 18Barkley
- 22Ziyech
- 28Azpilicueta
- 31Sarr
- Referee:
- Martin Atkinson
- Attendance:
- 41,907
Live Textual roar
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Match ends, Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 3.
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Second Half of ends, Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 3.
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Aim! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 3. Jorginho (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a correct footed shot to the bottom correct corner.
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Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a depraved corrupt.
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Penalty Chelsea. Romelu Lukaku attracts a corrupt in the penalty home.
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Penalty conceded by Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) after a corrupt in the penalty home.
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Are attempting blocked. Carney Chukwuemeka (Aston Villa) correct footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Are attempting saved. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) correct footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the procedure. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ezri Konsa.
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Are attempting blocked. Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) correct footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mason Mount.
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ezri Konsa.
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Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the superior flit.
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Detestable by Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa).
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Are attempting saved. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) correct footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the procedure. Assisted by Matt Targett.
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Offside, Aston Villa. Douglas Luiz tries a thru ball, but Ezri Konsa is caught offside.
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Substitution, Aston Villa. Anwar El Ghazi replaces Morgan Sanson.
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Detestable by Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea).
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Matthew Money (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the superior flit.
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Are attempting neglected. Morgan Sanson (Aston Villa) correct footed shot from outside the box is simply too excessive.
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Detestable by Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea).
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