Anwar El Ghazi scored his fifth goal in as many games as Aston Villa came from behind to earn a point against Chelsea in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge.
Villa were trailing to an Olivier Giroud header when El Ghazi scored a second-half equaliser to enable Villa to stretch their unbeaten run to five games.
The visitors started brightly but found themselves behind when Giroud marked his return to the Chelsea starting line-up with a trademark finish from Ben Chilwell’s cross.
Parity was restored five minutes after the interval, though, when the unmarked El Ghazi converted Matty Cash’s inviting delivery at the back post.
Both sides had chances to steal victory, with Villa coming closest when John McGinn smashed a fierce long-range effort off the crossbar.
The result lifts Villa to fifth in the table, a point outside the top four, while Chelsea move sixth.
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Chelsea
Squad number16Player nameMendy
Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
Squad number4Player nameChristensen
Squad number2Player nameRüdiger
Squad number21Player nameChilwell
Squad number7Player nameKanté
Squad number5Player nameJorginho
Squad number19Player nameMount
Squad number20Player nameHudson-Odoi
Squad number18Player nameGiroud
Squad number10Player namePulisic
Squad number11Player nameWerner
Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Aston Villa
Squad number26Player nameMartínez
Squad number2Player nameCash
Squad number4Player nameKonsa
Squad number30Player nameHause
Squad number18Player nameTargett
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number7Player nameMcGinn
Squad number15Player nameTraoré
Squad number10Player nameGrealish
Squad number21Player nameEl Ghazi
Squad number11Player nameWatkins
Squad number39Player nameDavis
Squad number41Player nameRamsey
Line-ups
Chelsea
- 16Mendy
- 28AzpilicuetaBooked at 45mins
- 4Christensen
- 2Rüdiger
- 21Chilwell
- 7KantéBooked at 74mins
- 5JorginhoSubstituted forHavertzat 72′minutes
- 19Mount
- 20Hudson-Odoi
- 18GiroudBooked at 71minsSubstituted forWernerat 72′minutes
- 10Pulisic
Substitutes
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 6Thiago Silva
- 9Abraham
- 11Werner
- 14Tomori
- 17Kovacic
- 23Gilmour
- 29Havertz
- 33Emerson
Aston Villa
- 26Martínez
- 2Cash
- 4Konsa
- 30Hause
- 18Targett
- 6Douglas Luiz
- 7McGinn
- 15TraoréSubstituted forDavisat 87′minutes
- 10Grealish
- 21El GhaziBooked at 71minsSubstituted forRamseyat 82′minutes
- 11Watkins
Substitutes
- 1Heaton
- 3Taylor
- 14Hourihane
- 19Nakamba
- 22Engels
- 24Guilbert
- 27El Mohamady
- 39Davis
- 41Ramsey
Live Text
Match ends, Chelsea 1, Aston Villa 1.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 1, Aston Villa 1.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Mason Mount.
Attempt blocked. Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
Foul by Kai Havertz (Chelsea).
John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
Foul by Mason Mount (Chelsea).
Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mason Mount with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo.
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jack Grealish (Aston Villa).
Substitution, Aston Villa. Keinan Davis replaces Bertrand Traoré.
Attempt blocked. Mason Mount (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by N’Golo Kanté.
Attempt missed. Timo Werner (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ollie Watkins with a headed pass.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Anwar El Ghazi.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo.
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