Aston Villa 2-2 Chelsea: Player ratings as Blues denied comeback win by controversial VAR call
Chelsea put a dent in Aston Villa's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League with a comeback 2-2 draw on Saturday evening.
Unai Emery's side raced into a two-goal lead at Villa Park but collapsed after half-time and were only denied defeat thanks to a controversial VAR call deep into stoppage time.
Mauricio Pochettino proved he certainly has not lost the Chelsea dressing room as his young and depleted side did extremely well to come from behind and leave the West Midlands with a point.
For the second time this week, Chelsea went behind after four minutes. Lucas Digne's cut-back was met by John McGinn, whose shot trickled in off the shins of Marc Cucurella.
Digne himself found the side-netting with Villa's next attack, combining well with Morgan Rogers down the left flank before lashing a half-volley towards Djordje Petrovic's goal.
Chelsea thought they had brought themselves level after 16 minutes. Moises Caicedo's long ball over the top was met by Nicolas Jackson, who ran into the box and dinked the ball over Emi Martinez. However, after a lengthy VAR check, Jackson was shown to have been marginally offside.
Jackson went close again to equalising when his header from Cucurella's cross bounced back off the Villa post.
The visitors did well to impose themselves on the game but conceded a second goal against the run of play just before the break, with Rogers creating a yard of space for himself just inside the box and firing in at the near post.
After the break, Noni Madueke finally started to get something out of his duels with Digne, cutting inside the full-back before letting fly, but his curled effort drifted wide.
He wasn't to be denied with his next chance. Conor Gallagher robbed Douglas Luiz and the ball fell to
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