2023-09-24 16:42:00
Stamford Bridge opened its doors to host the match between Chelsea and Aston Villa for matchday six of the Premier League. Those led by Mauricio Pochettino played a good game but the expulsion of Malo Gusto in the second half completely ruined the Argentine coach’s plans and it was the Villains who took the three points from London by the slightest difference thanks to Ollie Watkins’ goal . The one who played a transcendental role was Emiliano Martínez with constant participation with his feet and several spectacular saves to keep his goal clean.
With Enzo Fernández from the start in a more advanced position than usual, the blue team sought to gain an advantage in front of their fans as soon as possible. The visiting defense was firm to clear the constant crosses launched by the Blues and Draw intervened in a leading way in the match at 24 minutes: a great filtered pass from Mykhailo Mudryk left Nicolas Jackson one on one but the goalkeeper’s bail Mar del Plata with an air of the technique he used once morest Kolo Muani generated a faulty definition to send the ball to the corner.
The match had a constant entertaining back-and-forth dynamic that had the spectators on the edge of their seats. At halftime the score was 0-0 due to both Emiliano’s saves and those of the Spaniard Robert Sánchez, who spectacularly took mid-range shots to Lucas Digne, Nicolo Zaniolo and Matthew Cash throughout the first half. Enzo missed a clear scoring opportunity inside the area following a back pass from Malo Gusto and was unable to convert to his Argentine teammate.
* Martínez blocked Sterling’s opportunity and took a stomp on his calf
In the second half, Chelsea once once more took the reins at the beginning and it was Raheem Sterling who took advantage of the back of Aston Villa’s French full-back, who was also cautioned, to face the goal defended by Draw. In this case, Martínez waited near the goal line when he interpreted that the Englishman had no angle for the definition and saved the shot using once once more the technique that became famous in the Qatar 2022 final. The winger continued on. , stepped on the goalkeeper’s right calf and the doctors had to go in to treat him.
The complete break in the match occurred in the 57th minute when Malo Gusto went for a sweep and hit Digne with an iron on the left ankle. After the VAR review, referee Jarred Gillett showed the Frenchman the red card and the Blues were left with 10 players with more than half an hour to play. Although the local team held out for a few minutes, an error by Thiago Silva in the 72nd minute opened counterattack space for the Villains and Watkins found himself one-on-one with Levi Colwill: the first shot was blocked by the defender but the second slipped to the far post. from Sánchez to make it 1-0.
* The man from Mar del Plata defended the advantage with another impressive intervention
Chelsea had one more opportunity as soon as they came out of the middle with an exquisite cross pass from Cole Palmer to the feet of Ben Chilwell. The full-back stepped into the Draw area and sought to define the goalkeeper’s near post, but a new reaction from the world champion took the ball to the corner to add another clean sheet in the Premier League, the second in the current domestic championship.
With this result, Aston Villa climbed to sixth position with 12 points while Chelsea remains sunk in 14th place with only five points. The only leader of the tournament is Manchester City with a perfect score in six days and is closely followed by Liverpool (16), Brighton (15) and Tottenham along with Arsenal with 14.
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