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At 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on December 27, a match in the 19th round of the Premier League began to compete, and Chelsea challenged Aston Villa away. In the first half, Danny Ings's shot was blocked, Mount's volley was also blocked, then Mount's kick was rejected by the goal frame, Taggart's cross caused Rees James to oolong, and Hudson-Odoi made Jorginho score a penalty. In the second half, Lukaku scored with a substitute header, Reese James scored high with a free-kick and Mount missed an empty opportunity. Lukaku made a point in the last minute, and Jorginho scored. In the end, Chelsea defeated Aston Villa 3-1 and scored a crucial 3 points. Gerrard lost to Tuchel.
In the 9th minute of the game, Mount drove a corner kick from the left, the ball flew in front of the goal, and Mance's header cleared the situation. Six minutes later, Aston Villa attacked with a long pass, Cash sent a penetrating long pass, Danny Ince stepped forward, got the ball on the left side of the box, he adjusted his foot slightly to shoot, and was blocked by the defender in front of him. In the 17th minute, Alonso sent a cross from the left, the ball flew to the back post, and Mount volleyed in the air, which was blocked by Taggart in front of him. Seven minutes later, Mount suddenly got up on the left side of the front and shot into the far corner, and the ball made a beautiful arc and flew towards the goal, only to hit the crossbar and pop up the bottom line, which was really bad.
In the 27th minute, Taggart crossed the ball from the left side, Reece James's header was cleared, only to rub the ball, the ball ran in the direction of his own goal, straight into the dead corner! The angle of this oolong ball was too tricky for Mendy to do. In the 32nd minute, Cash brought down Odoi in the penalty area and the referee awarded a penalty. Jorginho took the penalty, tricking the goalkeeper into kicking the ball in and helping Chelsea equalise. Seven minutes later, Aston Villa created a good chance by counter-attacking, but thanks to Mendy's decisive attack, he ran out of the box and released the shovel to avoid giving his opponent a one-handed chance. At the end of the half, the two sides played in a 1-1 draw.
In the second half, Tuchel made a substitution adjustment, and Lukaku came on as a substitute to replace Chaloba. In the 47th minute, Rudiger sent a cross from the left side to find Lukaku at the back post, and Martinez struck in time to hit the ball. In the 55th minute, Chelsea scored! Hudson-Odoi made a cross, Lukaku plugged in the header and the ball went in! Martinez stood where he was without any reaction. Tuchel was a god substitution, with Lukaku scoring after only 10 minutes off the bench.
In the 64th minute, Lukaku was pulled down in front of the penalty area, which gave Chelsea a well-placed free kick opportunity, and Reese James took the penalty and played high. Two minutes later, Mount stepped forward on the right and Martinez ran to the corner of the penalty area to try to break the ball, only to be passed by Mount. Mount was given the opportunity to hit the empty goal, but his push was deflected and a great opportunity was wasted. In stoppage time, Lukaku burst into the penalty area with the ball, was brought down, and the referee awarded a penalty. Jorginho scored a penalty and the goal killed the game. In the end, Chelsea beat Aston Villa 3-1.