Aston Villa vs Chelsea
Match pulse
AVLAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVL | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CHE | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Who won: Chelsea 2-1
Chelsea beat Aston Villa 2-1 on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Villa Park. Goals for Aston Villa: Christian Benteke (14'). Goals for Chelsea: Frank Lampard (61', 88').
Play by play
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<b>Now the whistle goes - Chelsea, thanks to two goals from new record scorer Frank Lampard, have come from a goal down to win a game Villa had been in control of until Christian Benteke's sending-off made it ten versus ten after Ramires' first-half dismissal. Chelsea are all but in the Champions League, Villa still not quite safe.</b>
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Still no whistle yet, though. Villa come forward once again...
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Chelsea clear as Baker tries to head across. That, you feel, is almost that.
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Another cross, and this time Ivanovic is there to head clear. Another Aston Villa corner.
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It's cleared, played back in... Cech punches. Frantic stuff as the seconds tick away.
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Sylla has a blast and the ball deflects for a corner. One more chance for Villa...
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Villa play it downfield. Cech collects and puts the ball back just where Chelsea want it - deep inside the Villa half.
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Free-kick to Chelsea outside the Villa area after Torres is fouled. Again, Luiz is the interested party, but this time he balloons it miles into the stand.
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And yet more injury-time to be added on at Villa Park. The Belgian is being treated - this is a potentially big steback for Chelsea ahead of the Europa League final. But, if they hold these three points, they will have almost assured Champions League football next season.
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Chelsea can break and Hazard makes a brilliant charge into the area. He's crowded out at the last minute with two colleagues waiting for a pull-back. Corner... but Hazard is down. This may be a hamstring problem.
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Forward comes Westwood, but Chelsea get it away. Back come the home side with Bennett, who wins a throw near the Chelsea area.
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It will be seven minutes - there is still time for Aston Villa.
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We're about to find out how much added time will be played at Villa Park.
- 89'
And with a minute of normal time to go, he may have sealed a huge three points for Chelsea. Villa would still not be mathematically assured of safety.
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Brilliantly done by Chelsea - absolutely clinical move and, as you would expect, a clinical Lampard finish.
- 88'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL: Hazard makes a dart into the penalty area, getting on the end of a one-two on the left, and crosses low. Lampard sweeps the ball home and is now Chelsea's all-time record goalscorer.</b>
- 87'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Torres is on for the final moments for Chelsea, taking the place of Ba, who didn't get much service even when Chelsea had 11 players on the pitch.
- 86'
Lampard, uncharacteristically, loses control and Westwood intelligently spreads the play to Weimann. Villa have to go backwards but then it comes to Westwood on the edge of the area - he strikes beautifully, but Cech saves well.
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Tense final stages, these. Can either side find what would surely now be a winning goal?
- 85'
A bit of a mad scramble from the free-kick: all sorts of headers, half-clearances and uncertainty. Luiz hacks clear to bring an end to all that.
- 84'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> And Lampard, what's more, has a yellow card.
- 84'
It's cleared, and Villa try to break. Weimann crashes into Lampard about half-way and Villa have a free-kick.
- 83'
The visitors are on the ball again. Cole crosses and Villa are suddenly very jittery as they scramble clear. Corner...
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It was pretty close to the Villa keeper, and he got good, strong hands to it to steer it away from following up Chelsea players.
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Luiz is definitely interested in this - he hits it well, and Guzan pushes it away.
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