He was on the ropes for almost 60 minutes Aston Villawho lost to Chelsea In London he suffered with every arrival and couldn’t even get close to the opponent’s goal. But Everything changed in the last half hour and the villains walked away with the victory 2-1 as a visitor to the great game who played on the 18th Premier League. So they add 11 wins in a row for all competition, the best mark in its 111-year history.
Aston Villa, with Emiliano Martinez And Emiliano Buendia From the start he cheered against Chelsea, who had made it Enzo Fernandez And Alejandro Garnacho as owner and Wilfredo Caballero Taking over the coaching role due to the suspension of coach Enzo Maresca, who continued the duel in a box at Stamford Bridge.
In a first half in which the local team showed overwhelming dominance and attempted ten shots on goal, the ninth was the one that ended the tie and at the same time the most surprising and painful for Dibu. Reece James took a corner from the left side, which was closed The goalkeeper tried to ensure that Enzo Fernández and João Pedro did not hinder him. The ball landed in the goal.
The Mar del Plata man was distracted by the distraction of the two rivals cornering him under the crossbar and the ball grazed the Brazilian’s right leg as it landed a few steps from the line and went into the goal. Martínez’s angry gestures showed his frustration with the outcome of the game, as he was more aware of his opponents than of the ball that fell in front of him and went into the net. The VAR observed the action and did not assume that it was a foul on the goalkeeper.
The fact that the gap between the two teams was not greater in these 45 minutes was due to the lack of definition – Enzo’s shot went wide of the left post – and because Martínez intervened on two of the three occasions when the ball went into the goal. First, He covered João Pedro’s shot with his face as he went to bail. He then controlled a cross shot Cole Palmer as he entered the area. On the other hand, just a throw-in, a weak free kick that reached the goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.
The second phase began with controversy as Chelsea’s first cross fell behind through Garnacho Ian Maatsen, who was there with his hand outstretched to protect his position against a striker, and The ball fell on his right arm and walked along the baseline. After a few seconds of checking, the local players’ protests were not echoed. The VAR was also not involved in this action, which is usually punished with a penalty in most major leagues around the world.
Chelsea insisted and built up quick moves, and John McGinn He avoided the goal when Garnacho cost it from behind. Dibu immediately returned as Reece James looked for a cross from the right and the ball came closer and landed just behind him: The slap was necessary to prevent him from entering. to the bow. It seemed like the Blues were uncontrollable. That ended up being a key save in the result.
However, the visitor responded effectively to the inefficiency of the venue. First, Sánchez parried a shot Boubacar Kamara in a quick counterattack and immediately managed to block a definition of Ollie Watkinswhere luck was on the striker’s side: the goalkeeper’s ball bounced off him and headed towards the net to make it 1-1. The goalscorer had only come on for Buendía four minutes earlier. From the three-change window, which included jumping into the field, everything changed Jadon Sancho And Amadou Onana.
After a quarter of an hour, the game turned from a monologue into an atypical return game Chelsea appeared indecisive in their overtures and with a great halo of vulnerability on defense. So Robert Sánchez continued to joke around while looking at his companions without finding any explanation for what was happening.
With six minutes left, Aston Villa converted from a corner. He didn’t forgive the local for letting him live in the game. Watkins scored again, winning a jump after an execution Youri Tielemans and put the ball next to a stick. The unthinkable became reality: 2:1 for the guests.
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That’s how he succeeded Eighth consecutive success in the Premier Leagueso that the club from Birmingham was able to assert itself in the third placewith 39 points, three behind leaders Arsenal and two behind second-placed Manchester Citywho also won this Saturday: 2-1 for Brighton & Hove in London and 2-1 against Nottingham Forest away from home or Chelsea, on the other hand, was relegated fifth place And left the direct qualification zone for the Champions League.
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