Chelsea 2-1 Aston Villa.
Branislav Ivanovic powered in a second-half header as Chelsea won a feisty game against Aston Villa.
Chelsea went ahead after Eden Hazard's shot was
unluckily pushed into his own goal by Antonio Luna, before Christian
Benteke struck a precise equaliser.
Ivanovic was left unmarked to convert a Frank Lampard free-kick, but only after Villa felt the defender should have been sent off for an elbow on Benteke.
Villa had a late penalty appeal for a handball by John Terry turned down.
There were heated scenes on the touchline
between managers Jose Mourinho and Paul Lambert, as the Villa boss
argued Ivanovic should have received more than a booking for the
incident with Benteke.
The Scot was then further infuriated by the failure to award the injury-time penalty.
Lambert's inexperienced side were beaten 8-0 by the hosts in December, with six survivors remaining in the Villa starting line-up from that crushing defeat.
The visitors have progressed steadily from that low point, however, with their improvement on display in last Saturday's impressive 3-1 opening weekend victory at Arsenal.
Buoyed by Mourinho's winning return as manager against Hull, there was an equally positive mood among a vocal home support at a balmy Stamford Bridge.
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