Aston Villa vs Chelsea

1. 95'

   And there we are! A deserved three points for Villa, who were clinical with their chances despite their lack of possession. For Chelsea Drogba's possible hamstring knack rounds off a miserable day. Bye for now.

2. 93'

   To add to Jose's woes, Drogba is now down clutching his hamstring. Not a good day for the Blues.

3. 93'

   Joe Cole's cross flicks the post after Malouda released him in the box, but it's surely too late for any sort of comeback.

4. 91'

   Time is up and we're into the second minute of stoppage time.

5. 90'

   Abramovich got up and left as soon as the second went in, with a face like thunder. Watch yer back Jose...

6. 89'

   GOAL! Game over! A breakaway goal for Villa. Great work from Young who cuts inside and fizzes one into the area. Agbonlahor meets it with a flick and it races past Cech. Great goal. Villa 2-0 Chelsea.

7. 87'

   Laursen just, and I mean just, hooks a leg round to clear after Drogba strode into the box. Great last-ditch scrambling from Villa.

8. 86'

   Barry is dispossessed but Drogba can't collect Essien's through ball.

9. 85'

   Chelsea are spread now and Villa work an opening down the right. Agbonlahor's cross nearly makes Moore. Corner.

10. 84'

    Terry remains up front as long balls are pumped mercilessly into the Villa box.

11. 84'

    Luke Moore is adjudged to have fould Alex and Mourinho instructs Terry to go forward for the free-kick. It falls to Cole who fires well wide.

12. 83'

    Kalou drags a strike wide after robbing Petrov.

13. 82'

    Ten minutes or so left for Villa to hang on. It's real backs-to-the-walls stuff.

14. 81'

    Incessant pressure from Chelsea but tackles, headers and interceptions galore from plucky VIlla.

15. 80'

    Laursen makes up for his previous error by winning two big headers, both from Malouda crosses.

16. 79'

    Petrov comes on for John Carew, who has worked very hard.

17. 79'

    Pizarro glances one just over from Joe Cole's corner.

18. 78'

    Carew is now up front on his own as a sliced Laursen clearance concedes another corner.

19. 77'

    Drogba shoots when he had numbers in attack. It hasn't been his day at all. Yet.

20. 76'

    Joe Cole is becoming more prominent but Villa are throwing themsleves in front of everything. Carew nearly profits from a rare counter but Terry slides in.

21. 73'

    Mellberg scrambles it clear after Kalou rounds him. Here comes the 12th Chelsea croner, and after about a kajillion headers Villa finally clear for a throw in.

22. 73'

    Not much respite for Villa, who can't retain possession. It's wave after wave of fluorescent Chelsea attacks.

23. 71'

    A bit of needle has crept into the game as Chelsea up their urgency. Carew piles into Essien and is carded. Then Agbonlahor is booked for something he said.

24. 70'

    Drogba is carded to the delight of the home crowd after jumping into Martin Laursen, who goes down heavily.

25. 69'

    A bit of keep ball from Villa at present after they broke down an Essien charge. Just over 20 minutes left for Chelsea to salvage something.

Leaders

AVLCHE

Total Shots

Gabriel Agbonlahor

4

Florent Malouda

4

Saves

Scott Carson

3

Petr Cech

7

More from this season series: CHE leads series 2-0-3

• AVL 0 vs CHE 0Final, Jan 2
• CHE 4 vs AVL 0Final, Nov 8
• CHE 1 vs AVL 1Final, Sep 30
• AVL 1 vs CHE 1Final, Feb 1
• CHE 2 vs AVL 1Final, Sep 24

More EPL games on September 2

• Arsenal3-1-03

  Portsmouth1-2-21
  Final
• Blackburn2-2-01

  Man City3-0-20
  Final