CHELSEA produced an incredible second-half fightback to stun Aston Villa.
The hosts took as two-goal lead into the break thanks to a Marc Cucarella own-goal and in-form Morgan Rodgers’ strike.
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But despite a dismal 45 minutes from the Blues off the back of a 5-0 demolition by Arsenal, a new side emerged from the dressing rooms.
Noni Madueke pulled pone back to increase the nerves around Villa Park.
And Conor Gallagher added another to a long list of reasons why Chelsea should keep hold of him with a brilliant equaliser.
Robin Olsen produced a brilliant save to deny Cole Palmer a winner but Axel Disasi pounced on a rebound following the resulting corner to stab home what would have been a famous winner.
Unfortunately for the Blues, VAR called for a review over a foul in the build-up and it was chalked off.
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Our beautiful game is broken, says Dave Kid
By Dave Kidd
WHEN Manchester United got lucky in their FA Cup semi-final, Antony’s first instinct was to goad heartbroken opponents Coventry. To rub their noses in the dirt.
Antony seems to be a vile individual but this isn’t really about Antony. Because Antony is merely a symptom of the hideous sickness within England’s top flight.
There is so much wrong.
After our elite clubs persuaded the FA to completely scrap Cup replays — which gave us Ronnie Radford and Ricky Villa and Ryan Giggs — without due recompense or reasoning with the rest of English football.
The previous day, after his Manchester City side had defeated Chelsea in the other FA Cup semi-final, Pep Guardiola whinged about the fixture scheduling of TV companies who effectively pay much of his £20m salary.
Up at Wolves, Guardiola’s friend and rival Mikel Arteta was playing the same sad song about fixture congestion, despite his Arsenal side having played two fewer games this season than Coventry — who don’t have £50m squad players to rotate with.
Chelsea, oh Chelsea. The one-time plaything of a Russian oligarch now owned by financially incontinent venture capitalists who have piddled £1billion on a squad of players who fight like weasels in a sack about who should bask in the personal glory of scoring the penalty that puts them 5-0 up against Everton.