EPL: Chelsea Come Back To Draw At Villa

Chelsea fought back from two goals down to dent Aston Villa's top four bid in the Premier League with a dramatic 2-2 draw on Saturday.

Mauricio Pochettino's side trailed to Marc Cucurella's early own goal and a Morgan Rogers strike before halftime at Villa Park.

But rather than capitulate as they did in Tuesday's humiliating 5-0 loss at Arsenal, the Blues dug deep to rescue a gritty point thanks to goals from Noni Madueke and Conor Gallagher.

Chelsea thought they had won it deep into stoppage time when Villa keeper Robin Olsen turned Axel Disasi's effort into his own net, however, to Pochettino's fury, the goal was disallowed for a Benoit Badiashile foul.

The draw was a blow to Villa's hopes of holding off Tottenham in the race to qualify for the Champions League via a top-four finish.

Villa are seven points clear of fifth-placed Tottenham, who host Premier League leaders Arsenal on Sunday in the first of three games in hand on Unai Emery's side.