El Ghazi earns draw for Villa at Chelsea
28/12/2020
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Anwar El Ghazi scores his fifth goal in as many games as Aston Villa come from behind to earn a point against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
You only need to look at the legacy Lampard left at Derby to appreciate his true capability. True to firm though, it’s never his fault ...
More likely another £200M would see us relegated the style of play we are attempting, with players not allowed to play in their proper positions just to accomodate Championship players like Tammy & Mount!
The players in this match looked cream crackerd..
A Football Christmas treat of a load of draws..
Seems no one wants to lose this Christmas.
All the managers have turned into José Mourinho’s for the Christmas period. Definitely David Moyes..
Shame really. Us football fans need excitement. Especially this Christmas ??
A Football Christmas treat of a load of draws..
Seems no one wants to lose this Christmas.
All the managers have turned into José Mourinho’s for the Christmas period. Definitely David Moyes..
Shame really. Us football fans need excitement. Especially this Christmas ??
Really struggling to know why, in this most intense period of the pandemic, 22 ‘elite’ millionaire cheating footballers are allowed to run around a football pitch for 90 minutes, throwing themselves to the ground at the slightest touch, spitting all over the pitch & snogging each other while the rest of us have to suffer the constraints of the lockdown.
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I would imagine it's to provide entertainment to people stuck at home of an evening and unable to go to the club, pub, gym or whatever. The general public need a little lift during these strange times.
Commenting on football hys ? These so called spitting, snogging millionaires are tested almost on daily basis and have to remain in isolated bubble to make you enjoy some football unlike irresponsible people like you who will not follow the rules and spread more and more
Because if we didn't have something to keep us occupied, more of us under house arrest might start looking at facts and ask some very awkward questions, such as 'IF the NHS is being overwhelmed, why did Q1& Q2 of this year have some of the lowest 'bed occupancy' over the past decade' - according to NHS data. Then who is dying of this new black-death, in what numbers & why not matching ONS data?
You're dead right, never liked players gobbing on the pitch, but it really should be banned now.
Herry on!!! Why Easter your time then?
Careful, you'll get the Covidiots responding. And by that I mean the religious sheep who believe everything they are told (Masks work, lockdowns work, the fatality rate is high/unprecedented, mass vaccination is necessary for a Flu variant 99+% survive, Government is honest and know best, etc)
They get tested 2 to 3times a week.
They are tested every match - any positive result stops them playing
abromovich just sack this fraud already. we want our club back #announcetuchel
Chelsea are a team of ??s
Dean Smith is doing a fantastic job
Period
Period
A round of applause for the job Dean Smith has done this season so far. Proves that British managers can do the job if given the chance and time.
(Sadly the above doesn't apply to Frank Lampard so far).
(Sadly the above doesn't apply to Frank Lampard so far).
Aston Villa still have two games in hand.
Kudos to Smith.
Kudos to Smith.
If only he eas actually doign a good job, he's a chancer - who blatenly showed his two faced attitude after 'Denying the goal went in last season againt ShefF U' which would have seen them relegated....
He and Villa are cheats END OF!!!!!
He and Villa are cheats END OF!!!!!
Manager of the season so far??
"Dean Smith is doing a fantastic job
Period"
He is a top coach at soccer.
Period"
He is a top coach at soccer.
Another dissapointing result from Chelsea.
Aston Villas first point from a losing position so well done.
Chelsea really need someine who can finish!!!!
Another 100 million perhaps?
Aston Villas first point from a losing position so well done.
Chelsea really need someine who can finish!!!!
Another 100 million perhaps?
It is worth mentioning, because the TV didnt, that this was the fifth time Villa went behind this season
McGinn v Kante was great to watch, both proper old school players in attitude. Fair result in the end.
Absolute powerhouses, imagine if all players had their attitudes! Amazing players
I love Kante to bits. My favorite player and not even a Chelsea fan. Never forgiven Wenger for not getting him. Instead getting Xhaka :-(
Just a shame that Kante hardly ever gets booked for his constant fouling.
If someone like Xhaka or Hojbjerg committed the same fouls Kante does they'd get 18 bookings a season.
If someone like Xhaka or Hojbjerg committed the same fouls Kante does they'd get 18 bookings a season.
Totally agree. McGinn was immense and Kante is ridiculously good.Like having two players not one. Draw a fair result and would have been a shame seeing either player on a losing side tonight.
Kante gives away too many needless free kicks. Arsenal punished Chelsea for his indiscipline on Saturday.
Might have been better without the McGinn dives when he lost possession on a few occasions.
So sick of these woke virtue signalling managers complaining about fixture congestion. It's been that way for decades, deal with it. Back in my day we just got on with it.
What's with all the 1-1 draws lately.
SACK FRANK
Hahahaha... Lumpard... Oh dear....
Awful manager....boy does he whinge a lot too! ... Removed
Awful manager....boy does he whinge a lot too! ... Removed
Bring back Abram Grant.
Entertaining game a draw the right result. VTID
Terrible game.
What money is Giroud worth? He has been the absolute impact player this season and has a great football brain for positional play etc. A draw was a fair result and Villa will be happy to have got the draw.
Pulisic looked like he was doing his best Timo Werner imitation. He was the most dangerous looking player on the pitch, but several half-chances that he put a little wide, or was a little late on.
I think that whatever problems Arsenal were having may have been contagious!
I think that whatever problems Arsenal were having may have been contagious!
have to say as a Stoke supporter, great to see the midland clubs Villa, Wolves, West Brom, Leicester taking weel earned points agaibst the apparent giants of London and the North West. Long may it continue. Fascinating season ahead
Hopefully we (and maybe Wolves) can make the national press take Midlands football seriously
London does not have giants anymore. Unless you've been watching Jack and the bean stalk.
...Foxes never quit
Poor from Chelsea again. Good point for Villa
Good point for Chelsea too. Both teams could have won that and a draw is a fair result
Really struggling to know why, in this most intense period of the pandemic, 22 ‘elite’ millionaire cheating footballers are allowed to run around a football pitch for 90 minutes, throwing themselves to the ground at the slightest touch, spitting all over the pitch & snogging each other while the rest of us have to suffer the constraints of the lockdown.
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If they got hit for three by Arsenal they were never going to beat the Villa.
Lampard continues to deliver a very poor return on the owners ongoing astronomical investment.
Lampard continues to deliver a very poor return on the owners ongoing astronomical investment.
I think Chelsea played very well but faced a dogged villa today, don't underplay how well villa defended today! Chelsea will be fine they have the quality to be in the top 6! UTV
You're right. I've nothing against Chelsea, or Frank, but it's strange that a manager with such limited experience was given the top job at one of the country's top teams.
Chelsea need more creativity in midfield - you can have Ozil if you want and if you can get him off of his PS5.
Frank Lampard is like an inexperienced tradesman with a van full of tools: all show, no substance.
At this rate, we'll keep buying players, frustrating ones we have and keep celebrating mediocre results without any headway.
Frank needs to go to some smaller team to learn his craft first, before he comes to a big club like Chelsea to win anything with us.
At this rate, we'll keep buying players, frustrating ones we have and keep celebrating mediocre results without any headway.
Frank needs to go to some smaller team to learn his craft first, before he comes to a big club like Chelsea to win anything with us.
Give Lampard a break. I ain't a Chelsea fan but it looks good investment to me, in particular Werner, havertz and ziyech. He also kept it together with the transfer ban you wont get another manager who wants more if not Terry!!
Lampard a fraud like Joe Biden
Warren Blackpool?
Two mid table teams
Yawnfest!!
Fat Frank must stay
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Stupid comment. Brainless really
I'm not sure why the moderators are fine with Fat Frank . . who isn't fat, but if you say Fat Sam ... who definitely is, your comments get taken down.
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If the live feed was to be believed... Mark Willis was man of the match.
I thought it was Stuart Attwell?!
Dont remeber chelsea having managers draws staying to long in seat, but if lampard is given time then he will come good,
Maybe. Not so sure.
Got hhe ze Germans underperforming.
Got hhe ze Germans underperforming.
Well played Villa, keep it up!!
And Chelsea....oh dear..Frank is so clueless
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
And Chelsea....oh dear..Frank is so clueless
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Brilliant draw for Frank and his £200million attackers - well done. Even better for Liverpool who after today still stay top. Anyone got any update as to whether City will be punished by the FA for breaching Covid protocol?!
Any evidence they did break protocol?
Have you asked if Newcastle will be punished?
Doubt it
Have you asked if Newcastle will be punished?
Doubt it
Liverpool are poo fact
Pushing the COVID narrative and spouting frivolous racism accusations?
Mum must be proud.
Mum must be proud.
Liverpool would have been top after today whatever the result. But don't let that stop you making childish comments though. Perhaps your 'S3xy Pants' are really pull-ups. Size 3
no....because they didnt
When the toffees get 3 points for city’s lack of control , well you’ll do fine
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Great result for the Champions! thanks guys. Don't forget to give the thumbs down now!
P**s off
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Well it's always a great result when those teams around you draw, that's why I was so pleased the baggies took a point off you!
Can we end the season with the year now? I can't see this s*** anymore. Next season, next luck then.
The ref only wanted to give soft free kicks to the Villa. Why? Too many of our refs are poor.
Frank not getting enough out of ze Germans. And frictions tangible among certain team mates. Must improve, quick. Fair play to Villa, though.
Referee was shocking. And shockingly biased. Goal should never have stood, Grealish for all his talent is a right c...!
Referee was shocking. And shockingly biased. Goal should never have stood, Grealish for all his talent is a right c...!
Well done Villa, you deserved at least that point.
Grealish is an annoying git but a great footballer.
Good luck Villa for the rest of the season.
Grealish is an annoying git but a great footballer.
Good luck Villa for the rest of the season.
Grealish is an annoying git
It's the Alice band and the ankle socks that does it ;)
It's the Alice band and the ankle socks that does it ;)
It's a sad indictment of where we are in this country that the likes of Jack Grealish are considered 'great' footballers. He's like a Sunday League version of Paul Gascoigne with a bit of blatant cheating thrown in. All looks and no substance.
re: Grealish annoying git - can live with the alice and socks but the constant diving !
Grealish is biggest diver in premier league
Grealish makes a game worth watching from a neutral standpoint and is the most talented English midfielder by some distance..... he would improve most if not all of the teams in the league.
Shameful Chelsea just Shameful
Dont remeber chelsea having managers draws staying to long in seat, but if lampard is given time then he will come good,
Lumpard what a fraud.
Thought he was the next Sir Alex Ferguson.
As a Villa Fan as soon as I saw Giroud on the starting line up I knew he'd score
As a Spurs fan I felt exactly the same when he was at Arsenal & now at Chelsea....cannot understand why Arsenal sold him & why Chelsea don't start him regularly, he's a really fine player.....
Fat Frank Flawed Footballing Fiasco
Better from Chelsea but at present the Villa just do not stop running and no sign off shutting up shop after the goal, good game and not a fan of either.
Concussion still not being taken seriously by the football league.
Cash was knocked out cold for the best part of a minute, before being brought round and asked to play on.
Nothing much will change until a player dies on the park from second concussion syndrome.
SECOND CONCUSSION SYNDROME - google it.
Cash was knocked out cold for the best part of a minute, before being brought round and asked to play on.
Nothing much will change until a player dies on the park from second concussion syndrome.
SECOND CONCUSSION SYNDROME - google it.
How on earth did Grealish not get booked, let alone sent off, for simulation?! Oh yeah, he is White, plays for England has a good old English name.
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That’s a racist comment
Oh goodie, we have ourselves a racist who likely believes that they are "anti racist". Priceless.
Turns out getting kicked is actually a foul. If you're not sure ask Hazard who does exactly the same thing
What on earth are you talking about? Are you saying referees are racist?
true.
He's a right cheatin' so-and-so.
But because he's White?!?
We're not too bright, are we now?
But because he's White?!?
We're not too bright, are we now?
Actually, Grealish is an Irish name.
Please don't sound racist either, your comments are offensive to some people here.
Please don't sound racist either, your comments are offensive to some people here.
Why didn’t that wolves player get booked and sent off the other day? He’s not English or white.
There are some large holes in your theory
There are some large holes in your theory
Racist comment, why?
Your comment probably takes the biscuit for the most ridiculous comment of 2020. I suggest you stick to your other agenda forums.
Fat Frank must stay
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Oh yes poor Frank, he must be crying reading the nasty comments people are making about him as he scrolls through the BBC game report.
that's because British people believe in the phrase
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me"
So off you go SJW crying to mummsie . . . grow some
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me"
So off you go SJW crying to mummsie . . . grow some
Fat Frank who ate all the pies is insulting. You ever been to the Bridge ?
If they got hit for three by Arsenal they were never going to beat the Villa.
Lampard continues to deliver a very poor return on the owners ongoing astronomical investment.
Lampard continues to deliver a very poor return on the owners ongoing astronomical investment.
What game were you watching
Teams of equal ability for most of the game went toe to toe
Teams of equal ability for most of the game went toe to toe
Chelsea didn't play well..
Unless you watched another game.. No Urgency and No spin.
The draw was a fair result.
Unless you watched another game.. No Urgency and No spin.
The draw was a fair result.
And your happy with top 6 having the richest team in the prem if not europe . Ha Ha
So Spurs draw and get slaughtered but that’s all everyone else is doing
What is the problem
What is the problem
Ha ha ha
But they should be winning games when they are in front, instead they are coached to park the bus.
Do you understand yet?
But they should be winning games when they are in front, instead they are coached to park the bus.
Do you understand yet?
Credit where it’s due, Stuart Attwell made this a very watchable game by refusing to give any free kicks for the blatant diving at the beginning of this game. As a consequence saw some bright, attractive football, the FA could do worse than instruct other referees to do the same.
What about John McGinn falling over and getting a freekick?
So Stuart Attwell was right in not giving a freekick for Grealish kicking down Christensen, which wrongly lead to the goal?
You have a great graps of the game.
You have a great graps of the game.
the ref had a bad game. Villa keeper wastes time.
A Foul before the goal. You can be offside by a toe but a foul does not matter. play should also have stopped for injury
A Foul before the goal. You can be offside by a toe but a foul does not matter. play should also have stopped for injury
He gave 16 free kicks to Aston Villa. I agree that he started consistently but there's no way that it should've been 16-3
Well said.
Yes for once a ref who let the game flow and didn’t blow forbsilly fouls at all
Absolutely spot on. Ref played a blinder by refusing to ‘fall’ for the early overacting. Christianson antics of feigning injury to stop play deservedly punished by the goal. I think VAR should get involved more with the whole feigning aspect of football. Start dishing out the yellows for the obvious ones.
The Christensen foul on Grealish was the oldest trick in the book; Foul a player and feign an injury yourself to be let off a yellow/red as a diversion to the ref. If that had not led to a goal Christen would've been booked I reckoned. Win-win, I guess.
Fat Frank must stay
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Nah he’s chubby alright
And a big nose.
Tripefest of a match
Fat Frank wont make it to the transfer window opening, his signings are garbage. Chelsea won't be top six at the end of the season.
Villa will be chuffed with a point I suppose.
Fat Frank wont make it to the transfer window opening, his signings are garbage. Chelsea won't be top six at the end of the season.
Villa will be chuffed with a point I suppose.
Poor from Chelsea again. Good point for Villa
Really struggling to know why, in this most intense period of the pandemic, 22 ‘elite’ millionaire cheating footballers are allowed to run around a football pitch for 90 minutes, throwing themselves to the ground at the slightest touch, spitting all over the pitch & snogging each other while the rest of us have to suffer the constraints of the lockdown.
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Really struggling to know why, in this most intense period of the pandemic, 22 ‘elite’ millionaire cheating footballers are allowed to run around a football pitch for 90 minutes, throwing themselves to the ground at the slightest touch, spitting all over the pitch & snogging each other while the rest of us have to suffer the constraints of the lockdown.
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Oh I see. So thats why Man City v Everton went ahead!! LOL
Clearly not working then with more and more positive results causing games to be cancelled !!
Newcastle now Man City ... expect more to follow
Newcastle now Man City ... expect more to follow
abromovich just sack this fraud already. we want our club back #announcetuchel
When the toffees get 3 points for city’s lack of control , well you’ll do fine
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Midland are in the ascendancy as long as they stop selling their best players. Wolves take note.
the press are more interested in the failure of forest and derby
I agree. As a Villa fan if we can’t get into Europe ( which I doubt despite the great start to the season) I hope Leicester or Wolves can.
Personally I think it's great to see The Midlands strong again! Premier League's fascinating atm, am loving it, well, the football itself, the rest is ??
Same old tripe
Good point for Villa. Chelsea were never going to challenge for the title. Grealish is a good player but the guy does love an exaggerated dive whenever he is touched.
Spoiler, the PCR test is not a diagnostic test and is highly unreliable and inaccurate. A "positive" test means nothing. All of this nonsense of course is based on PCR tests. Scamdemic
Spoiler, the PCR test is not a diagnostic test and is highly unreliable and inaccurate. A "positive" test means nothing. All of this nonsense of course is based on PCR tests. Scamdemic
The players in this match looked cream crackerd..
A Football Christmas treat of a load of draws..
Seems no one wants to lose this Christmas.
All the managers have turned into José Mourinho’s for the Christmas period. Definitely David Moyes..
Shame really. Us football fans need excitement. Especially this Christmas ??
A Football Christmas treat of a load of draws..
Seems no one wants to lose this Christmas.
All the managers have turned into José Mourinho’s for the Christmas period. Definitely David Moyes..
Shame really. Us football fans need excitement. Especially this Christmas ??
HOOFBALL!
Brilliant draw for Frank and his £200million attackers - well done. Even better for Liverpool who after today still stay top. Anyone got any update as to whether City will be punished by the FA for breaching Covid protocol?!
Their players have been repeatedly breaking protocol or do you live in a vacuum?
Great result for the Champions! thanks guys. Don't forget to give the thumbs down now!
Thank you for that well thought out educated reply!
If Lampard insists on including the pathetic Jorginho in the team, what can we expect from him? Poor passing, no tackling, giving the ball away................need I say more? Flawed judgement I'm afraid. Enough of this stupidity.........
My god Chelsea are awful
When is everyone going to realise Hudson Odoi couldn’t beat an egg
He’s awful
Giroud has to start every game and why not give Billy a go as Jorginho is awful too
When is everyone going to realise Hudson Odoi couldn’t beat an egg
He’s awful
Giroud has to start every game and why not give Billy a go as Jorginho is awful too
Do German players come with a money back guarantee? They don't? Oh dear.....
Being sayin that about odoi for ages now, awful player dont know how he plays tbh
Love the comment. Made me chuckle.
he's better on the left but Lampard only ever plays him on the right
Should’ve cashed in on the silly money Bayern offered for him.
Great result for the Champions! thanks guys. Don't forget to give the thumbs down now!
So I take it everyone is playing for second place this season. First Leicester now chelski lucky for a draw. YNWA
How on earth did Grealish not get booked, let alone sent off, for simulation?! Oh yeah, he is White, plays for England has a good old English name.
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Brilliant draw for Frank and his £200million attackers - well done. Even better for Liverpool who after today still stay top. Anyone got any update as to whether City will be punished by the FA for breaching Covid protocol?!
How on earth did Grealish not get booked, let alone sent off, for simulation?! Oh yeah, he is White, plays for England has a good old English name.
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If they got hit for three by Arsenal they were never going to beat the Villa.
Lampard continues to deliver a very poor return on the owners ongoing astronomical investment.
Lampard continues to deliver a very poor return on the owners ongoing astronomical investment.
Just look at Arteta, it's a shame clubs can't stick with English managers that have done the hard graft in the lower leagues. Just look at Smith at villa!
Lampard is loved by the club for his fantastic playing days but when you consider the salaries that are being doled out at that club, not to mention the size of the cheques being written by the owner, for more players it's no place for a rookie to be learning on the job.
Look at where they are in the table and the budgets of the clubs around them....!
Look at where they are in the table and the budgets of the clubs around them....!
It's called loyalty. He was immense at cfc.
Last season Lampard achieved par with a top 4 finish. Well below par this season with too many riches to chose from. He still does not know his best team. And there’s 40 plus out on loan, maybe he should recall and try even more.
Two hungry teams boasting some of the best young players in world football. Great advert for the league to see such a great contest. Decent officials for once too
Well.. We caught it from Arsenal. That drab, ASMR sorta football.
Credit where it’s due, Stuart Attwell made this a very watchable game by refusing to give any free kicks for the blatant diving at the beginning of this game. As a consequence saw some bright, attractive football, the FA could do worse than instruct other referees to do the same.
How on earth did Grealish not get booked, let alone sent off, for simulation?! Oh yeah, he is White, plays for England has a good old English name.
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How on earth did Grealish not get booked, let alone sent off, for simulation?! Oh yeah, he is White, plays for England has a good old English name.
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Yawnfest!!
Dean Smith is vastly underrated. If he was at man u, man city, they wud be calling him god
Credit where it’s due, Stuart Attwell made this a very watchable game by refusing to give any free kicks for the blatant diving at the beginning of this game. As a consequence saw some bright, attractive football, the FA could do worse than instruct other referees to do the same.
Kicking down Christensen? The defender lunged into a tackle and both clattered each other. How do you foul a player when you are passing a ball?
Unless it's a head injury nothing in the rules says that Villa have to stop.
All the pundits, referee, VAR and the pundit referee said it wasn’t a foul.... you are wrong
Clearly the referee saw no foul and as the ball was cleared by Rudiger a new plase of play started so VAR could not check this incident. Clattenberg confirmed this.
Great result for the Champions! thanks guys. Don't forget to give the thumbs down now!
Your name suits you....must be the size of the mouth!
Stand by folks.... Here comes angry Frank yet again. All the money he's spent and still can't get it right. The cat's already hiding behind the curtains.
In all fairness, Chelsea had sold Hazard, Morata and that bloke to Atalanta for about 170m before he even spent. Still has another 100m worth of players to offload. However, Werner and Havertz haven’t sizzled. Ziyech badly missed! Lamps under pressure.
How on earth did Grealish not get booked, let alone sent off, for simulation?! Oh yeah, he is White, plays for England has a good old English name.
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Let's be Frank, Lampard should be sacked.
He has little experience as a manager.
He managed a Championship side, failed to win promotion and was deemed suitable to manager a big club as he played football for them. What sort of logic is that?
Chelsea sack managers who do not win the league. Chelsea have no chance.
They may not even qualify for the Champions League.
What a joke.
Sack Lampard now.
He has little experience as a manager.
He managed a Championship side, failed to win promotion and was deemed suitable to manager a big club as he played football for them. What sort of logic is that?
Chelsea sack managers who do not win the league. Chelsea have no chance.
They may not even qualify for the Champions League.
What a joke.
Sack Lampard now.
So true! Nice to see. That bloke from Wigan has transformed their defensive set up.
If he is given another £200m to spend in January then Chelsea will be in with a real shout of a top 4 finish.