Marco Asensio scored twice when Aston Villa hit back to beat Chelsea 2-1 in a dramatic Premier League collision.
Asensio-Die on loan is from Paris Saint-Germain-leverde the winner of Villa up in the 89th minute of Saturday, although Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen made a disastrous mistake.
Jorgensen allowed Asensio's Volley by Marcus Rashford's Kruis to wriggle in, furthermore the goalkeeper of Chelsea.
Asensio had previously restored parity after connecting from close by after the cutback of Rashford, with the aim that was awarded after a VAR assessment had destroyed a first offside call.
Enzo Fernandez had put Chelsea ahead in the ninth minute and ended up close after great work by Pedro Neto.
Cole Palmer wasted a golden chance to restore Chelsea's lead after the equalizer of Asensio, so he did not want to make an effort than the back tracking Ezri Konsa, and the blues were eventually made to pay.
Enzo Maresca, whose team created opportunities worth 2.12 expected goals to Villas 2.56 xg, now has to focus his players again prior to the collision of Tuesday with humble Southampton, while Villa will travel to Crystal Palace with confidence.
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– Aston Villa (@AVFCofficial) 22 February 2025
Data Debrief: Marco makes his mark
Asensio was once from Europe's most promoted young people, although a series of injuries may have prevented him from realizing his full potential.
The 29-year-old, however, has a lot of quality in his locker, and although his equalizer was a matter of in the right place at the right time, and then his winner with a bit of luck, he is now up and runs in villa. This was his fifth bracket in Europe's top five competitions, although the first time he scored twice in a match since he scored a hat trick in Real Madrid's 3-1 victory over Mallorca in September 2021.
Rashford has set up both goals, which means that he was directly involved in six goals (four goals, two assists) in nine Premier League matches against Chelsea.
Only against Arsenal (eight) does he have more goals and helps with the competition.
Villa has won 18 points this season of losing positions in the Premier League, more than any other team, while 13 of the 15 points Chelsea have fallen from winning positions in 2024-25 since Boxing Day 2024-Meer than any other side.
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