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Chelsea are back in action at against Unai Emery’s Aston Villa today. The Blues went into the international break off the back of a disappointing draw with Everton despite having appeared to have turned a corner of late. At this stage of the domestic campaign, Graham Potter’s side have little to play for. At Chelsea, all focus is on their
Champions League quarter-final against
Real Madrid later this month and perhaps that allows the team to use their League games as tune-ups. A strange thing to say for a club like Chelsea of course, particularly having spent so much money in the last two transfer windows but that is where they are. Villa, meanwhile, have impressed under Emery and a far cry from the team who struggled under Steven Gerrard. Follow all the action LIVE with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog. Nizaar Kinsella will be providing expert analysis from the ground! Timid Chelsea booed at the Bridge. 88 mins: Pulisic just hits a ball over the bar from a tight angle. For all their posssesion, they have done so little with it. 79 mins: This really is rather meek from Chelsea, who have hardly forced Martinez into much action all evening. 63 mins: The returning Kante drags a good chance wide. A bit surprising that Graham Potter didn’t make a half-time substitute. He has so much talent on the bench and his side felt a bit vulnerable defensively 56 mins: Wonderful strike from McGinn from outside the box, curling past Kepa after Chelsea half-clear a corner. 54 mins: Villa have largely kept the hosts at bay. Outside of a moment of magic, it’s looking hard for Chelsea. Big 45 minutes for Chelsea here. Watkins’ goal the difference so far.