Chelsea threw away a commanding position as Aston Villa stretched their winning run to 11 games, thanks to an Ollie Watkins brace in a 2-1 comeback win. Joao Pedro put the Blues into a deserved first-half lead but a wretched second half from Enzo Maresca's side put paid to their faint Premier League title ambitions as Watkins stole the show on Saturday night.

Unai Emery's side have beaten Arsenal and Manchester City during their unlikely vein of form and will be faced with another tough away day as Chelsea look to make their way back into the top four in what has been a stop-start season so far for Enzo Maresca and co.

Chelsea were overall better than Aston Villa but a dreadful final 30 minutes saw them lose at home for the first time since October.

Chelsea squandered a first-half lead to suffer a painful 2-1 defeat to third-place Aston Villa in the Premier League. The Blues had a half-time lead thanks to Reece James’s corner, which was heading directly into the net but was helped on its way by the faintest of touches off the leg of Joao Pedro.

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Chelsea suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday, as they dropped down to fifth in the Premier League table.

It might be slim pickings on Boxing Day, because of woke, but it's still a great big bumper Christmas Weekend of football upon which to feast.

We've got a big match preview, some title race chatter and everything in between to bring you this afternoon. It's first vs third on Tuesday as Arsenal welcome Aston Villa to the Emirates. We'll bring you the best of Mikel Arteta's news conference from yesterday plus Unai Emery's live news conference today sandwiched either side of some good old reaction and analysis.