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7.31pm GMT
So there it is. A fun game for the most part, with a few excellent performances – Hudson-Odoi and Chilwell for Chelsea, McGinn and the centre-backs for Villa. The visitors didn’t create a lot, but played with ambition in attack and were resolute in defence, and will certainly be happier with the result. Chelsea will feel that the move that led to Villa’s equaliser should instead have ended with a free-kick for a foul on Christensen, and that they would have banked the three points with just a bit more luck or a couple of favourable decisions, but despite the relatively fresh legs six changes brought them seemed to fade badly towards the end. Given the postponement of Manchester City’s game tonight, there seems a decent chance that they will be given a bit of a breather by their next match, at home to City on 3 January, also being called off.
7.24pm GMT
90+5 mins: …which Mendy claims well, and that’s it!
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