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Beaten to the wire then eliminated by Manchester City in the FA Cup before being swept away by Arsenal at the start of the week, the London club had to stop the bleeding on the Aston Villa pitch on the 35th day of the Premier League League. It was still necessary to be able to compete with the Birmingham club which benefited from a boost from Cucurella to lead from the 4th minute of the game (1-0). If the Villans suffered the domination of Chelsea, Jackson seeing his goal refused for offside before finding the post (36th), Emery’s men raised the cursor on the sidelines of the break to make the break thanks to Rogers (2-0, 42nd).
With their backs to the wall, Chelsea drew on their resources to reduce the score through Madueke after the hour mark (2-1, 62nd) before Gallagher equalized at the end of the game (2-2, 81st). If Disasi thought about delivering Chelsea in added time (90th + 7), the video assistance decided otherwise by canceling the Frenchman’s achievement. Contenting themselves with a draw, Chelsea nevertheless remain 6 points behind the top European places. For its part, Aston Villa is still under threat from Tottenham, who have 7 points and 3 games behind.
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