Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea: Mason Mount strikes twice as Graham Potter’s unbeaten Blues start continues

Despite an indifferent showing by Chelsea, Graham Potter’s side defeated Aston Villa 2-0 at Villa Park to seal their fourth successive win in all competitions and heap the pressure on the under-fire Steven Gerrard. To Villa's dismay, Chelsea were gifted an early lead after just six minutes as Tyrone Mings misjudged a headed clearance, and Mason Mount was in the right place at the right time to latch onto the loose ball and slot it home from inside the box.

Ad Villa did not let their heads drop and for the remainder of the first half, they looked the more threatening side as they registered a total of 11 attempts, with six of them on target. The pick of their chances fell to Leon Bailey after 14 minutes, but his close-range header came back off the crossbar.

TransfersLiverpool to battle Chelsea for Leipzig striker Nkunku — Paper Round19 HOURS AGO Kepa Arrizabalaga then kept Chelsea ahead on the half-hour mark with a world-class save to deny Danny Ings, tipping the striker’s header over the bar from point-blank range. The woodwork was found again just before the break as Raheem Sterling’s curling effort from inside the penalty area rattled against the bar.

However, Chelsea were the side to get the second goal as Mount secured his brace with a superbly struck free-kick from 25 yards out in the 65th minute to seal an important win for the visitors. Premier League table Premier League fixtures / results Premier League top scorers TALKING POINT — Villa unlucky not to get something from the game Coming into the match, Aston Villa were unbeaten in four matches and looking to pick up another positive result to move away from the relegation zone.