Nizaar Kinsella on Aston Villa 2-2 Chelsea

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00:00 It ends here at Villa Park, Aston Villa 2, Chelsea 2, but it could have been so much

00:06 more in the last minutes there. Axel Desarti had headed the ball past Robin Olsen, but

00:13 the goal was ruled out by VAR. It was a real disappointment for Chelsea, who thought they

00:18 won it. There was wild celebrations in front of the away fans, but a VAR call got referee

00:24 Craig Pawson to the screen and he went and looked at it and he saw a puss from Benoit

00:29 Badia Cile on Diego Carlos and the goal was ruled out. There was fury on the full time

00:34 whistle, Noni Maduake and Badia Cile both booked for remonstrating with the referee

00:39 after the match and yeah, Chelsea left the pitch quite disappointed. But they should

00:44 be proud I think, it was a real spirited fight back. You've got to remember Chelsea have

00:48 12 players out injured, Thiago Silva also went off, so 13 now. But they came back from

00:54 2-0 down at half time, you thought this was going to be Villa's day. Morgan Rodgers and

00:58 Mark Kukurela own goal put Villa 2-0 up, it was a case of better finishing from Villa

01:04 than Chelsea in that first half. But Chelsea fought back, Noni Maduake, great curling effort

01:09 and then Connor Gallagher with an even better left footed curling effort on his weaker foot.

01:14 Those two involved in both goals, setting each other up as well and then they almost

01:18 win it late. Disappointing from Chelsea, they remain 9th. Disappointing because of the officials,

01:24 but there's also a lot of pride, I think they restored a lot of pride in the team and top

01:28 number up next on Thursday. So a big morale boost after that terrible 5-0 Arsenal defeat

01:33 on Tuesday night.

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