da lvbet： Aston Villa put a massive dent in Chelsea’s hopes of Premier League glory for this season chalking up an unlikely win at Stamford Bridge to end 2011 in the best possible way.
da spicy bet： Blues boss Andre Villas-Boas will now be under increasing scrutiny to get his sides title challenge back on track after Villa inflicted their third home defeat of the campaign scoring two late goals to secure victory. Stephen Ireland, who had courted controversy during the week, a was the man at the heart of the visitors success scoring the equalising goal five minutes after Didier Drogba had put Chelsea ahead. The midfielder then teed up Darren Bent for the crucial third just four minutes from time after Stiliyan Petrov had put them ahead just moments earlier. It was only Alex McLeish’s second away win since taking over as Villa boss and extended the home sides unbeaten run to four games as their title challenge took a serious hit.
As ever the home side started brightly with Juan Mata almost giving them an early side before Daniel Sturridge shot just over as Villa happily sat back and soaked up the pressure. They were made to pay for such a tactic after Drogba was fouled in the penalty area by Richard Dunne before shaking himself off to convert the spot kick for his 150th goal for the Blues. However that lead lasted just five minutes before Ireland popped up to equalise scoring on the second attempt after Charles N’Zogbia’s intelligent run. Drogba than blazed three efforts over the bar as Chelsea tried in vain to regain the lead before Ciaran Clark almost put the ball into his own net. The pace of Gabriel Agbonlahor caused problems for the hosts all afternoon and he should have given Villa the lead but squandered a glorious chance firing straight at Petr Cech despite being one-on-one.
The hosts lifted the tempo during the second half with Drogba dragging a shot wide, Jose Boswinga firing over from distance and Fernando Torres crashing a strike back off the bar just moments after coming off the bench. All those missed chances would certainly comeback to haunt the Blues as Villa staged a late smash and grab to seal a shock victory and send the home side down to fifth in the league. Captain Petrov struck the first hammer blow calmly slotting the ball past Cech after being found by Clarks through ball with seven minutes left before Bent tapped into an empty net from Ireland’s pass to put McLeish’s side back into the top half and increase the pressure on Villas-Boas in the opposite dugout.
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