Aston Villa 0 - 1 Chelsea
19 minutes - Nicolas Anelka
Guus Hiddink took charge of his first Chelsea match at Villa Park with the league table having an unfamiliar look to it, Villa sitting 2 points ahead of the Blues in third
place.
Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill would not have been pleased with some wasteful distribution from his team early on and it was little surprise that the deadlock was broken on 19 minutes by the visitors. A fabulous piece of skill from Frank Lampard, skipping between two defenders and a flicked pass, was matched by a cheeky chipped finish from Nicolas Anelka. Ashley Young nearly brought Villa level with a 25-yard free kick which rattled the underside of Petr Cech’s bar.
The second half saw Stiliyan Petrov deny John Terry on the line but Villa pressed
forward and only a spell of desperate Chelsea defending together with poor finishing from the home side kept the score at 1-0. The introduction of John Carew with twenty minutes to go failed to make the desired impact and Chelsea could have wrapped up the points with several good chances wasted but one was enough and Villa’s 13 match unbeaten run came to an end with Chelsea up to third.
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