The Chelsea will play the Champions next season after finishing in the fourth position of the classification of the Premier League. The team of Tuchel lost against him Aston Villa despite depending on himself and got to be out for many minutes, but the defeat of the Leicester against him Tottenham (2-4) saved him on a bad afternoon and opens the doors to the highest continental competition.
The blue team began the duel at full speed, aware of what was at stake, commanding the game and generating chances, but as the minutes went by it was deflated and the town to grow little by little.
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The occasion of Mount in the 23rd minute, he opened the game like a melon. Villa took off the complexes and began to look for the direct game on Traore, which they could not tie or Reece James nor Thiago silva. To add insult to injury Chelsea, the loss of control of the party was accompanied by the entry on the scene of Grealish. The playmaker of the villains riled up the blues by game and attitude, forcing fouls and yellows and deploying his magic in the three-quarter zone. The locals enjoyed several opportunities, but only the poor aim of El-Ghazi prevented them from getting ahead on the scoreboard.
On the edge of the break, Villa struck first in a great strategy play. Targett took a corner kick from the left in the ground and Bertrand Traoré He appeared totally only to sneak the ball through the squad with a great left foot (43 ').
The blow was double for those of Tuchel because Mendy, in his attempt to stop the shot, he hit the post hard and had to be replaced at half-time by Kepa. It is unknown if the participation of the French goal is in danger for the dispute of the final of the Champions next Saturday against Manchester City.
The second part started in the worst possible way for him Chelsea. Jorginho, disastrous in the first act, he committed a very clear penalty on Traoré what El-Ghazi made it 2-0. With the water around my neck and without margin, Tuchel burned the ships giving entrance to Havertz Y Ziyech for Jorginho Y Kovacic, which also had yellow.
The changes turned the stage and Chelsea regained control of the match. Pulisic, disappeared until then, began to associate with Havertz Y Ziyech on the balcony of the rival area and that's where the goal of Chillwell, taking advantage of a great center of the North American extreme (70 ’).
The team of Tuchel did not slacken and kept pressing in search of the goal, but the good news that came from Leicester, where their rival for fourth place was losing, they relieved the blues. Two minutes from the end Azpilicueta was expelled by a slap at Grealish and the 2-4 of Bale on Leicester put an end to the fight of an evil Chelsea on Villa Park.
Six days before the great final of the Champions League, Chelsea showed worrying symptoms but will be in the next edition no matter what happens in Porto.
2- Aston Villa: Emiliano Martínez; Konsa, Hause, Mings, Targett; McGinn, Nakamba; Traoré (Chukwuemeka, 73 '), Grealish, El-Ghazi (Ramsey, 79'); Watkins
1- Chelsea: Mendy (Kepa, 46 '); Reece James, Thiago Silva, Rudiger; Azpilicueta, Kovacic (Havertz, 66 '), Jorginho (Ziyech, 60'), Chilwell; Mount, Pulisic; Werner
Goals: 1-0, Traoré (43 '); 2-0, El-Ghazi (pen.) (52 '); 2-1, Chilwell (70 ')
Referee: Stuart Attwell. Red: Azpilicueta (89 '). Yellow: Jorginho (45 '), Werner (47'), Kovacic (49 '), McGinn (65'), Nakamba (75 ') Emiliano Martínez (82')
Stadium: Villa Park