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By Alistair MagowanBBC Sport astatine Villa Park
Last updated connected 8 minutes ago.From the conception Premier League
Mason Mount scored his archetypal Chelsea extremity of the play aft Tyrone Mings' mistakeMason Mount scored his archetypal 2 nine goals of the play arsenic Chelsea survived a first-half onslaught against Aston Villa to proceed Graham Potter's unbeaten commencement arsenic manager.
The England midfielder was talented an opener erstwhile Tyrone Mings' header fell to him for an casual decorativeness aft six minutes.
And successful beforehand of the watching England brag Gareth Southgate, Mount added a 2nd from a 25-yard free-kick - but again helium was helped aft Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez was wrong-footed.
Villa, who had been unbeaten successful 4 games, did everything but people successful the archetypal fractional but recovered Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga successful inspired signifier arsenic helium denied Danny Ings, John McGinn and Jacob Ramsey.
Potter, who is present six games unbeaten since taking implicit arsenic Chelsea brag past month, and whose broadside person won the past five, gambled by playing guardant Raheem Sterling astatine close wing-back pursuing a genu wounded to Reece James, which is acceptable to support the defender retired of the World Cup.
But aft seeing Villa predominate the archetypal fractional without uncovering the net, Potter moved Sterling up beforehand and enjoyed a much comfy 2nd half, which kept Chelsea successful fourth, 4 points down third-placed Tottenham with a crippled successful hand.
Villa mightiness person been fto down by 2 costly errors, but manager Steven Gerrard would person been encouraged by the first-half display, if not his side's finishing.
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Aston Villa
Squad number1Player nameMartínez
Squad number2Player nameCash
Squad number4Player nameKonsa
Squad number5Player nameMings
Squad number18Player nameYoung
Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number7Player nameMcGinn
Squad number31Player nameBailey
Squad number9Player nameIngs
Squad number11Player nameWatkins
Squad number10Player nameBuendía
Squad number23Player namePhilippe Coutinho
Squad number32Player nameDendoncker
Chelsea
Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
Squad number14Player nameChalobah
Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Squad number32Player nameCucurella
Squad number17Player nameSterling
Squad number12Player nameLoftus-Cheek
Squad number8Player nameKovacic
Squad number21Player nameChilwell
Squad number19Player nameMount
Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Squad number9Player nameAubameyang
Squad number5Player nameJorginho
Squad number18Player nameBroja
Squad number23Player nameGallagher
Squad number26Player nameKoulibaly
Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
Line-ups
Aston Villa
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Martínez
- 2Cash
- 4Konsa
- 5Mings
- 18Young
- 41J RamseySubstituted forDendonckerat 78'minutes
- 6Douglas Luiz
- 7McGinnSubstituted forCoutinhoat 74'minutes
- 31BaileySubstituted forBuendíaat 66'minutes
- 9Ings
- 11Watkins
Substitutes
- 8Sanson
- 10Buendía
- 16Chambers
- 19Nakamba
- 20Bednarek
- 23Coutinho
- 25Olsen
- 32Dendoncker
- 52Bogarde
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 14Chalobah
- 6Thiago Silva
- 32CucurellaSubstituted forAzpilicuetaat 45'minutes
- 17SterlingSubstituted forBrojaat 89'minutes
- 12Loftus-Cheek
- 8KovacicSubstituted forJorginhoat 65'minutes
- 21ChilwellBooked astatine 33mins
- 19MountBooked astatine 83mins
- 29HavertzSubstituted forKoulibalyat 45'minutesBooked astatine 61mins
- 9AubameyangSubstituted forGallagherat 58'minutes
Substitutes
- 5Jorginho
- 10Pulisic
- 16Mendy
- 18Broja
- 20Zakaria
- 23Gallagher
- 26Koulibaly
- 28Azpilicueta
- 30Chukwuemeka
Live Text
Match ends, Aston Villa 0, Chelsea 2.
Second Half ends, Aston Villa 0, Chelsea 2.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Tyrone Mings.
Attempt blocked. Philippe Coutinho (Aston Villa) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Leander Dendoncker.
Substitution, Chelsea. Armando Broja replaces Raheem Sterling.
Offside, Chelsea. Ben Chilwell tries a done ball, but Raheem Sterling is caught offside.
Jorginho (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Philippe Coutinho (Aston Villa).
Attempt blocked. Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is blocked.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by César Azpilicueta.
Mason Mount (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
Attempt saved. Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.
Mason Mount (Chelsea) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Foul by Mason Mount (Chelsea).
Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Conor Gallagher (Chelsea).
Philippe Coutinho (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Leander Dendoncker replaces Jacob Ramsey.
Offside, Aston Villa. Ezri Konsa tries a done ball, but Emiliano Buendía is caught offside.
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