FA Cup round-up: Aston Villa holds Chelsea to force a rematch in the fourth round, and Nottingham Forest and Bristol City draw.
FA Cup round-up: Aston Villa holds Chelsea to force a rematch in the
fourth round, and Nottingham Forest and Bristol City draw.
Aston Villa held Chelsea to a scoreless draw at Stamford Bridge in the
FA Cup fourth round.
In the first half, Douglas Luiz had the ball in the net, but it was called
back for a handball.
In other action, Bristol City forced a replay against another Premier League
team after holding Nottingham Forest to a scoreless draw.
Aston Villa held Chelsea to a scoreless draw at Stamford Bridge in the
FA Cup fourth round, forcing a replay between the two teams.
Douglas Luiz scored the first goal of the half for Unai Emery’s team after 12 minutes.
The Brazilan squared the ball to John McGinn, who passed it to Moussa Diaby,
who fired a low drive from the edge of the box that wobbly ricocheted off Alfie Gilchrist.
The ball popped up exactly into the midfielder’s path, allowing him to make a stealthy
move in behind the defence and poke into an empty net.
Fortunately for Chelsea, VAR intervened and disallowed the goal, ruling that Luiz had
handballed after Gilchrist’s deflection.
After the break, Chelsea had a great opportunity when Emiliano Martinez gave
Cole Palmer the ball after Villa was caught playing out of position.
Following a largely commanding first half from Chelsea, Villa emerged as the biggest
threat as the second half came to a close, pushing for a winner.
Keeping himself busy, Djordje Petrovic denied Ollie Watkins and Matty Cash with two
vital stops in quick succession.
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