Villa Continue EPL Impressive Run with Win at Chelsea

London, 2 Apr (ONA) --- Aston Villa manager Unai Emery masterminded another victory away from home with a composed display against Chelsea to increase pressure on Blues boss Graham Potter.

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring from a Marc Cucurella blunder at Stamford Bridge, latching on to the Chelsea defender's backwards header to lob home, before John McGinn's second-half rocket put the game out of reach for the home side, BBC sports reported.

It was a familiar tale for Chelsea, who squandered chance after chance as Villa exploited their weakness on the counter-attack.

It is the Villans fifth win on the road since Emery took over in October and means they have now picked up 16 points away from home, a tally equalled only by Manchester City in that time.

All 10 of Chelsea's victories this season have come against bottom-half opposition, but this loss means they drop into 11th themselves while Villa move up to ninth, one point off Liverpool in eighth in the English Premier League (EPL).

--- Ends/Khalid