Chelsea 0-2 Villa: Chilwell's goal cancelled, Potter's side far from UCL zone

Chilwell's goal canceled, Potter's side are only 11th of EPL far from UCL zone. Here is the match report.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

15' Konsa makes an important clearance

18' GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa (Ollie Watkins)

19' OFF THE POST!

32' Mudryk misses a good chance!

32' OFF THE POST! Chilwell nearly scores for Chelsea!

45' Foul! Chilwell goal disallowed

56' GOAL! Chelsea 0-2 Aston Villa (McGinn)

Those three successive pressure-easing wins which suggested a corner has been turned are already a distant memory, even though the last of them was just a few weeks ago.

A frustrating draw against Everton after conceding a last-minute equaliser before the international break followed by this desperate home defeat to Aston Villa have quickly wiped away that early March optimism.

Chelsea were booed off by some at half-time and all who remained at full-time, the volume of them significantly cranked up following Andrew Madley's final whistle.

Worse than that, a small pocket of home fans chanted 'you don't know what you're doing' towards Potter after Villa doubled their lead early in the second-half through John McGinn's fine drought-ending strike. Soon after came a chorus from the Villa end of 'you're getting sacked in the morning.

Line-ups

Chelsea XI: Koulibaly, Kovacic, Kepa, Loftus-Cheek, Marc Cucurella, Chilwell, Havertz, Reece James, Felix, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Enzo Fernández

Subs: Marcus Bettinelli, Kante, Trevoh Chalobah, Mount, Pulisic, Conor Gallagher, Benoît Badiashile, Noni Madueke, Carney Chukwuemeka

Aston Villa XI: Young, E. Martinez, Álex Moreno, McGinn, Mings, Ollie Watkins, Buendia, Kamara, Ngoyo, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey

Subs: Traore, Digne, Dendoncker, Chambers, Carlos, Bailey, Viljami Sinisalo, Jhon Durán, James Wright