{"id":102512,"date":"2023-09-24T16:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T16:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/24\/watkins-winner-piles-more-misery-on-10-man-chelsea\/"},"modified":"2023-09-24T16:59:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T16:59:43","slug":"watkins-winner-piles-more-misery-on-10-man-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/24\/watkins-winner-piles-more-misery-on-10-man-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Watkins winner piles more misery on 10-man Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ollie Watkins’ only previous goals this season had come in a hat-trick at Hibernian in the Europa Conference League qualifying round
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Chelsea\u2019s stuttering start to the Premier League season took another turn for the worse as Aston Villa piled more misery on the 10-man Blues with victory at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n

Ollie Watkins fired home an unerring winner between the legs of Robert Sanchez from an incredibly tight angle as Villa capitalised on Malo Gusto\u2019s dismissal for dangerous play.<\/p>\n

Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s hosts fashioned plenty of chances before Gusto\u2019s red card for a poorly-timed tackle that caught Lucas Digne on the ankle but, as so often this season failed to take any of them.<\/p>\n

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Nicolas Jackson and Raheem Sterling were both denied one-on-one by excellent Emiliano Martinez saves while Enzo Fernandez sliced another glorious opportunity wide.<\/p>\n

Chelsea had been equally indebted to their own goalkeeper as Sanchez made a pair of flying fingertip saves to thwart beautifully-struck volleys by Digne and Nicolo Zaniolo.<\/p>\n

There were chances at both ends even after Gusto was sent off but Villa, who climb to sixth, took one of theirs via Watkins, while Chelsea failed to score for a third successive game to stay 14th.<\/p>\n

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