Aston Villa entertained Chelsea at Villa Park earlier tonight as they hoped to earn a good result at home in the Premier League. The Villans made a good start to the game and scored the opening goal in the fourth minute when Marc Cucurella scored an unfortunate own goal. Morgan Rogers doubled his team’s advantage in the 42nd minute as Unai Emery’s men went into the half-time break 2-0 up on the scoreline.
Noni Madueke got a goal back for Chelsea in the 62nd minute before Conor Gallagher equalised for the visitors in the 81st minute. The contest ended with the Villans being held to a 2-2 draw in front of their home fans.
Let’s take a look at how each Aston Villa player performed during the match against the Blues.
GK: Emiliano Martinez – 6.5/10
Martinez was solid in the first half but was substituted at half-time.
RB: Matty Cash – 7/10
He was a positive influence in both halves and ended the game with an assist to his name.
CB: Ezri Konsa – 6/10
Konsa cleared the danger when he could and was strong in the air.
CB: Pau Torres – 6/10
He didn’t do much wrong at the back and was accurate with his passing.
LB: Lucas Digne – 6.5/10
The French left-back caught the eye at both ends of the field.
RW: Leon Bailey – 6.5/10
Bailey made two encouraging runs with the ball but there was no goal for him tonight.
CM: Youri Tielemans – 6.5/10
He got stuck in with a couple of solid tackles early in the game but had to be replaced in the 26th minute.
CM: Douglas Luiz – 5.5/10
Luiz made some poor errors of judgment and was underwhelming in the opponent’s half.
LW: Morgan Rogers – 7/10
He caused some problems for the opposition defenders and managed to score just before the half-time break.
CAM: John McGinn – 6/10
McGinn made one decent chance in the final third but there was no goal for him.
ST: Ollie Watkins – 7/10
He was a constant menace up top but failed to register a goal tonight.
Substitutes:
CAM: Moussa Diaby – 6/10
He was quiet for most of his time on the field.
GK: Robin Olsen – 6/10
Olsen conceded two goals in the second half.
CB: Diego Carlos – 6/10
He failed to keep things tidy defensively.
CM: Tim Iroegbunam – 6/10
He added some energy to Emery’s midfield.
ST: Jhon Duran – N/A
