Summary

  • El Ghazi earns draw for Aston Villa at Chelsea

  • Giroud had headed Chelsea in front

  • Villa remain above Chelsea and have two games in hand

  • Result: Crystal Palace 1-1 Leicester - Barnes earns Foxes point

  • Zaha gave Eagles lead after Iheanacho penalty saved by Guaita

  • Everton v Man City postponed because of positive Man City Covid-19 tests

  1. Postpublished at 20 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    Chelsea are giving the ball away constantly at the moment. This time it's Ben Chilwell.

    Ollie Watkins has a pop from long range but it's way over. Jack Grealish is miffed.

  2. Postpublished at 19 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    Bertrand Traore cuts inside off the right and tries to curl it towards goal. It's blocked by Antonio Rudiger.

    Anwar El Ghazi then shows his skills on the far side before overcooking a deep cross.

  3. Postpublished at 17:49 Greenwich Mean Time 28 December 2020

    Desperate for Lewis' nan to do a 100m race with Jorginho now.

  4. Get involvedpublished at 17:48 Greenwich Mean Time 28 December 2020

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    Lewis Chapman: Jorginho is so poor on and off the ball, why play him? Gilmour may make a mistake here or there but he can outrun my nan unlike Jorginho.

  5. Postpublished at 17 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    Oooh! Jack Grealish keeps going and going down the left, beats Andreas Christensen, cuts it back and it rolls all the way through the middle with nobody there to tap it in.

    Villa eventually win a corner. Christensen has struggled so far to handle Ollie Watkins and Grealish...

  6. Postpublished at 15 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    Mason Mount drives down the left and cuts it back into the middle. He tees up Christian Pulisic but John McGinn comes across to make a crucial block.

    Mount takes the resulting corner but Emiliano Martinez screams "mine" and collects coolly.

    Chelsea v Aston VillaImage source, Reuters
  7. Postpublished at 13 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    Matt Cash swings a cross in early and it's hooked out for a corner with Ollie Watkins threatening at the far post.

    Jack Grealish sends it straight into the keeper's hands.

  8. CLOSE!published at 12 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    Christian Pulisic gobbles up a loose pass back from Jack Grealish and glides into the box.

    He passes two defenders and gets a yard on Ezri Konsa but smacks it into the side-netting. Big chance!

  9. Postpublished at 11 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    N'Golo Kante's cross is straight into Emiliano Martinez' arms and he plays it long for Ollie Watkins.

    Andreas Christensen can't keep up with him and Watkins wins the ball first before it's switched over to the right. Ben Chilwell mops up in the end.

  10. Postpublished at 9 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    Just seen another replay of that chance for Anwar El Ghazi. It's actually Olivier Giroud who gets a block on it, just in front of the keeper.

    It was important as it took all the pace off the shot.

  11. Postpublished at 8 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    Jack Grealish curls the corner in and Anwar El Ghazi hits it first time but doesn't get a clean connection.

    It rolls into the keeper's hands but he was almost unmarked then.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:38 Greenwich Mean Time 28 December 2020

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    Otas Odaro: I don't see how Christensen and Rudiger will keep Watkins quiet in this one. But I hope I am wrong.

    Tom Castle: If Villa can get something from this match, the physios and medical team deserve a huge bonus. This schedule isn't kind.

  13. CLOSE!published at 7 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    Jack Grealish has a go and almsot catches out the keeper. Edouard Mendy just about gets two hands to it and concedes a corner.

    Decent strike!

  14. Postpublished at 6 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    Olivier Giroud touches it on for Mason Mount and he comes out on top in a battle with John McGinn in the left corner.

    From the set-piece, Antonio Rudiger flicks it straight into the keeper's hands. Villa break quickly and Jack Grealish wins another free-kick.

  15. Postpublished at 5 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    Christian Pulisic wants a free-kick when he loses out to Matty Cash - nothing given - and Villa eventually win a throw-in on the right touchline.

  16. Postpublished at 3 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    Andreas Christensen is pressed into the corner by Jack Grealish and can only thump it out for a throw-in.

    Olivier Giroud does well to hold it up when Chelsea win it back and via N'Golo Kante, it's moved up the pitch and over to Ben Chilwell.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:33 Greenwich Mean Time 28 December 2020

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    Richard Whiting: I fear today. Christensen and Rudiger get pulled out of position a lot. Grealish is fantastic at dragging is opponents out of position and creating space. I hope I’m wrong!

    Nii: Is Lampard becoming the new tinkerman, imitating the tinkerman in chief (Claudio R.) who brought him to Chelsea. He has used 27 different players this season.

  18. Postpublished at 1 min

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    Bertrand Traore gets back well to win possession in midfield for Aston Villa. It's played over to Ollie Watkins who brings it down well before Jack Grealish wins a free-kick.

  19. KICK-OFFpublished at 1 min

    Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa

    Under way at Stamford Bridge.

  20. 'You can't play Vardy every minute'published at 17:28 Greenwich Mean Time 28 December 2020

    FT: Crystal Palace 1-1 Leicester

    Leicester City

    Jamie VardyImage source, Getty Images

    Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers to MOTD: "If you get the goal from the penalty it gives you a foothold in the game but we had good control and then we didn't start the second half at all well.

    "Palace were aggressive and we give away a bad goal from our point of view. But the reaction is what really pleases, some of our play and the speed of our game was really good. We end up frustrated not to win the game.

    "The cohesion was ok in the game despite the changes, the players have played a lot together anyway. We needed energy in the game. We get a point which could be important but the growth in our team is shown that we are disappointed with it.

    "You can't play Jamie Vardy and some of these guys every single minute. Harvey Barnes is developing really well, it's a great finish, the strike was fantastic. He's been a real threat for us this season."