12/26/2021 at 8:34 pm CET
X. Serrano
Romelu lukaku saved the furniture by Chelsea the ‘Boxing Day’. Manchester City’s scorers’ festival forced the ‘blue’ team to win in Birmingham to maintain a six point deficit to the leaders. And that’s what happened, thanks to the Belgian striker. The powerful ‘9’ was enough in the second half to score his first goal in Premier since September 11 and force the sentence of 1-3 definitive. Thus, the London square cut in front of the Aston Villa a sequence of two draws.
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Aston Villa
Martinez ; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Targett ; Sanson (El-Ghazi, 76′), Douglas Luiz, Ramsey ; Buendia (Chukwuemeka, 73 ‘); Ings (Traoré, 74’) et Watkins.
Chelsea
Mendy; Chalobah (Lukaku, 46′), Thiago Silva (Christensen, 52′), Rüdiger ; James, Kanté (Kovacic, 63′), Jorginho, Marcos Alonso ; Mont, Hudson-Odoi; Pulisique.
Buts
1-0 M. 28 Jacques. 1-1 M. 34 Jorginho (style). 1-2 M. 56 Lukaku. 1-3 M. 90 + 3 Jorginho (style).
Arbitrator
Martin Atkinson. TA: Martínez (33 ′), Mings (65 ′), Konsa (90 + 2 ′) / Marcos Alonso (70 ′).
Incidents
Match played at Villa Park corresponding to the 19th day of the Premier League 2021-2022.
Participants in Villas Park had an energetic first half in which the Birmingham side never left the Chelsea to feel comfortable. Although they did not shoot between the three sticks, the “bad guys” put the London team in difficulty on the counterattack and uncovered the score before half an hour into play in a somewhat lucky action. . Target left wing cross and James, in his attempt to clear, put the ball out of reach of Mendy.
The team of Thomas Tuchel, with no clear offensive reference, barely disturbed Emiliano Martinez. Behind the Aston Villa He defended repeated lateral crosses safely in the zone and the “blue” team only approached the goal in isolated actions. Rise, with a pumped, arched shot that hit the crossbar, he had the game’s first clear opportunity. And shortly after 1-0, Cash ran inside the area Hudson-Odoi allowing Jorginho eleven-meter tie.
Tuchel took action on the matter at rest. The German coach has withdrawn to the center Chaloba to incorporate the beefy Lukaku for offensive reference. Despite the withdrawal due to physical discomfort from Thiago Silva, the best “blue” defender of the first half, the London team took a step forward. Locked up on Aston Villa in the region and Lukaku, in his first move, put the advantage of Chelsea directing a precise center of Hudson-Odoi of the left flank before the weak marking of Ming.
How much the European champion needed the Belgian striker, absent for six of the last ten days of the Premier League. Did not score Premier League the former Inter player since September 9, when he scored a brace precisely against the Aston Villa.
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the Chelsea he lost the opportunity to condemn the match just after 1-2. AT James a direct free kick hit him high, but the clearest opportunity was for Rise. The midfielder dodged the hasty exit of Emiliano Martinez and, without a keeper but at a low angle, he shot outside. They looked at him with the faces of a few friends Hudson-Odoi Yes Lukaku, in a better position to score.
This concession, coupled with the refresh changes from the ‘nasty’ attack, gave the team some extra life. Birmigham. the Aston Villa harassed during the last quarter of an hour Chelsea, but without really drawing dangerously on the arc of Mendy.
With room to run before the desperate bet of the Aston Villa, Lukaku He showed his physical power to certify the triumph of London. Em Martinez He was shot by Hudson-Odoi neutralize the Belgian’s first gallop. But in added time, the attacker started on the left wing, only against the entire defense of the Aston Villa, and caused the pain of Kolsa when he was already facing the porter. Jorginho did not forgive the fatal point to ensure the victory of the Chelsea.
