Saturday’s match against Aston Villa was one of the easiest and most straightforward of the season for Chelsea FC. Aston Villa has been something of a bogey team for the Blues and they have been a tough team to break down before Arsenal took them apart last week but they appeared to roll over for Chelsea FC. Even recently promoted sides Leicester City and Burnley put up more of a fight in the first two weeks.
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Even manager Jose Mourinho was surprised with the way Aston Villa approached the match and described his opponents as “passive”. Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert did not feel the same way and appeared to be content with the result despite the loss and believes his team’s “confidence [is] still intact”.
Jose Mourinho spoke about the match and said, “It was a very solid performance. We played really well, we had the ball, we controlled a lot of possession while always controlling their counter attack. My four defenders and midfield were really solid with and without the ball.”
“I think they are a good team and when you beat them in such an easy way it has to be a good performance. The team was keeping the ball and because they were so passive they never tried to press the ball. Our victory was never in doubt. They didn’t have a reaction.”
There were reports of much of Aston Villa’s squad suffering from the flu last week and perhaps that could explain the way they rolled over for Chelsea FC. Or it could have just been a dominant performance from one of the best teams in the Premier League against a team that has overachieved so far this season and sometimes things really are that straightforward.
Source: Sky Sports
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