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Due to Malo Gusto’s disputed dismissal, OLLIE WATKINS added additional misery for ten-man Chelsea.
The Blues’ boos were directed towards Jarred Gillett, the referee, rather than their billion-pound team this time, much to the chagrin of the home crowd.
On the 58th minute, Gusto’s clumsy challenge on Lucas Digne resulted in a yellow card being upgraded to a red, and Chelsea was reduced to 10 men.
Following Chelsea supporters’ scathing criticism of their struggling team during the 0-0 draw with Bournemouth the previous time out, manager Mauricio Pochettino had pleaded for patience.
He put the blame for his team’s troubles on his 12-man injured list and the inexperience of his new recruits; now he can add Gillett to the list.
Watkins capitalized on the bloody aftermath of the dismissal with an icy finish on minute 73.
Poch was serenaded by chants of “you’re getting sacked in the morning” coming from the opposing end.
Maybe the ruling class will finally understand that the ex-Tottenham manager’s rescue effort might not be able to proceed without the assistance of a reputable goal scorer.
With his first goal of the year, Watkins cooked all that transfer money.
Since practically every player attempted to score a goal yesterday, someone really needs to let them in on a little secret: attackers can win games.
Chelsea has only managed seven goals in seven games across all competitions, and they have gone three games without scoring.
While Villa has scored 22 goals in nine appearances throughout all competitions.
a £115 million British record deal Lesley Ugochukwu was replaced by Moises Caicedo after recovering from a minor knee injury as Chelsea’s only alteration from the Blues’ scoreless draw with Bournemouth.
Early on, he aimed a low drive directly at Emiliano Martinez.
Time and time again, Mykhailo Mudryk and Levi Colwell whipped inch-perfect crosses into the box, but nobody was there to make the key touch.
And the visitors answered with a rocket from Lucas Digne that Robert Sanchez deflected over the crossbar at the other end.
Mudryk produced again another outstanding pass as he recognized Nicolas Jackson’s approach to the box and delivered the decisive pass.
Jackson just had Martinez to beat, but the Argentinean made an incredible stop to keep the Blues forward from scoring.
Malo Gusto sprinted down the right sideline before cutting the ball back to Enzo Fernandez, who made an astonishing mistake that went well wide.
Lastly, center back Axel Disasi appeared to have broken the tie when he had the ball in the net, but it was determined that he was offside.
At the half, there was a chorus of jeers, but they were directed at Gillett since he erupted for halftime with more than a minute of stoppage time left.
Pochettino became enraged and was spotted yelling at the referees as he walked down the tunnel.
In the second half, Chelsea was reduced to ten men, and Villa capitalized.
Aston Villa broke from a Blues attack as Watkins charged into the space.
The former Bees striker did well to block the initial shot, but he immediately reacted to get in at the second try.
Ben Chilwell’s retaliatory shot stinging Martinez’s palms was followed by a series of misses from the hosts before Chelsea struck back.
When Armando Broja finished the dreadful afternoon with a header that was far wide, he encapsulated the host’s anger.
