Chelsea Thrash Aston Villa with JoĆ£o Pedro's Hat-Trick
Chelsea defeated Aston Villa 4-1 at Villa Park, with JoĆ£o Pedro scoring a hat-trick. This victory puts Chelsea in 5th place in the standings.
Aston Villa took the lead in the 2nd minute with Douglas Luiz, but Chelsea responded with JoĆ£o Pedro in the 35th minute. In added time of the first half, JoĆ£o Pedro gave Chelsea the lead. In the 55th minute, Palmer increased the score to 3-1, and JoĆ£o Pedro made it 4-1 in the 65th minute.
Aston Villa (Unai Emery): Martinez, Cash (46' Bogarde), Konsa, Mings, Maatsen, Onana, Douglas Luiz (63' Barkley), Bailey (63' Alison), Rogers, Buendia (63' Sancho), Watkins (72' Abraham).
Chelsea (Liam Rosenior): Jorgensen, Gusto (75' Lavia), Fofana (79' l.tr. Adarabioyo), Chalobah, Hato, James, Caicedo, Palmer (85' Andrey Santos), Fernandez (79' Cucurella), Garnacho, JoĆ£o Pedro (85' Delap).