Chelsea face another FA Cup replay as they drew 0-0 with Aston Villa in their fourth round tie at Stamford Bridge.
The visitors thought they had taken the lead early on through Douglas Luiz, but his effort was ruled out after he was adjudged to have used his hand. Chelsea had chances of their own with some falling to to Cole Palmer and one for Noni Madueke.
However, in-form Emiliano Martinez denied the Blues on countless occasions and neither team could find a breakthrough. Mauricio Pochettino's side will now head to Villa Park for a replay.
Despite the stalemate, Pochettino was pleased with his side's display. He said: «I think it was a very good game, I think we dominated more of the beginning.
»Then in the second half, after 70 minutes, we start to drop our energy because we played three days ago, and of course that is a massive difference. When we were with the full energy we were the better side. Now is to think about the replay and of course move on and try to recover the players for the next game.
«I am so happy with the performance of the whole team, I think the performance was good we just weren't clinical enough. For them to face a team like Aston Villa who are doing fantastic in the Premier League and are in the top four, I think it's a very good signal that we are improving. Of course we wanted to win. we were not clinical enough. But we created chances and we need to keep believing and now we move on.»
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