Chelsea 0-2 Aston Villa: Villans heap pressure on Chelsea manager Graham Potter with victory at Stamford Bridge

In-form Ollie Watkins was on target and John McGinn struck a screamer as Aston Villa leapfrogged Chelsea into the top half of the Premier League table thanks to a hard-fought 2-0 victory at Stamford Bridge. Unai Emery’s Villans grabbed the lead on 18 minutes when Watkins latched on to Marc Cucurella’s howler of a header to coolly lob over the advancing Kepa. Ad It saw the 27-year-old England international become the first ever Villa player to net in five Premier League matches in a row away from home and set the platform for another impressive, well organised showing under their Spanish coach.

BundesligaBayern Munich boss Tuchel reflects on shock of Chelsea sacking — 'It still hurts'A DAY AGO The opener arrived just a moment after McGinn had thumped the crossbar with a first-time strike, but for the most part the away side were on the back foot. Mykhailo Mudryk and Joao Felix both blew big chances to level while Ben Chilwell’s hooked cross-shot from a narrow angle came crashing back off the near post. Chelsea continued to huff and puff following the break but once again it was Villa who made it count when McGinn guided a low 25-yard shot beyond Kepa on 56 minutes.

The home side introduced N’Golo Kante from the bench following seven months out injured but he could not inspire a recovery and even dragged a good chance wide. The result means Villa climb up to ninth place in the table, just two points shy of the European places. Chelsea are three points further back and drop to 11th.