{"id":53012,"date":"2023-04-01T20:53:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T20:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/01\/aston-villa-beat-poor-chelsea-at-stamford-bridge-to-put-potter\/"},"modified":"2023-04-01T20:53:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T20:53:35","slug":"aston-villa-beat-poor-chelsea-at-stamford-bridge-to-put-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/01\/aston-villa-beat-poor-chelsea-at-stamford-bridge-to-put-potter\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa beat poor Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to put Potter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chelsea had 25 shots with eight on target while Villa managed five attempts, two on target
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Aston Villa manager Unai Emery masterminded another victory away from home with a composed display against Chelsea to increase pressure on Blues boss Graham Potter.<\/p>\n

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring from a Marc Cucurella blunder at Stamford Bridge, latching on to the Chelsea defender\u2019s backwards header to lob home before John McGinn\u2019s second-half rocket put the game out of reach for the home side.<\/p>\n

It was a familiar tale for Chelsea, who squandered chance after chance as Villa exploited their weakness on the counter-attack.<\/p>\n

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It is the Villans fifth win on the road since Emery took over in October and means they have now picked up 16 points away from home, a tally equalled only by Manchester City in that time.<\/p>\n

All 10 of Chelsea\u2019s victories this season have come against bottom-half opposition but this loss means they drop into 11th themselves while Villa move up to ninth, one point off Liverpool in eighth.<\/p>\n

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