On Saturday, April 27, Aston Villa hosted Chelsea at home as part of the 35th round of the Premier League.
Before the match had even started, Chelsea had already scored, but into their own goal.. The ball, after being hit by McGuin, ricocheted off Cucurella's foot straight into the corner of the goal.. The game promised to be fun, and it turned out to be so, the teams constantly exchanged sharp moments, the Blues even managed to score, but Jackson was offside. Just before the break, the ball again bounced unsuccessfully from Cucurella to Rogers, who scored a goal into the bottom corner.
With the start of the second half, the guests again rushed to attack, almost all Chelsea players had their chances in one way or another, but the ball stubbornly did not go into the goal. Only in the 62nd minute did the Blues manage to catch the Birmingham team making a mistake and Madueke reduced the gap to a minimum.
Only in the 81st minute did Conor Gallagher hit the ball from the penalty area with a strong shot into the top far corner and equalize the score. At the end of the match, Watkins could have snatched victory, but shot high from the 11-meter mark, then Palmer also missed the right chance, but in the end, in the last added minutes, Axel Disasi managed to score the decisive goal. And Chelsea would have won if the VAR referees had not seen a foul in the episode and canceled the goal.
Statistics of the match Aston Villa — Chelsea of the 35th round of the English Championship
Aston Villa — Chelsea 2:2
Goals : Cucurella (own goal), 4, Rogers, 42 — Madueke, 62, Gallagher, 81
Expected goals (xG) : 0.85 — 1.47
Ball possession : 27% — 73%
Beats : 8 — 20
Shots on target : 4 — 4
Corners : 2 — 3
Fouls : 13 — 14
Attacks : 43 — 145
Aston Villa: Martinez (Olsen 46) — Cash, Pau Torres, Konsa, Digne — Bailey (Diego Carlos 75), McGinn, Tielemans (Diaby 27; Duran 83), Douglas Louis (Iroegbunam 75), Rodgers — Watkins.
Chelsea: Petrovic — Chalobah, Thiago Silva (Disasi, 90), Badiashile, Cucurella — Gallagher, Mudrik (Casadei, 90), Palmer, Caicedo, Madueke — Jackson.
Booked : Douglas Luiz 64, Bailey 66 — Caicedo 49, Mudryk 82, Silva 87
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