BLUES GIVEN WAT FOR IN A VILLA THRILLA

OLLIE GOOD Watkins nods home to keep up Villa's title bid

- BY BOBBY VINCENT

OLLIE WATKINS came off the bench to score twice - and ensure Aston Villa's brilliant winning run continued.

At halftime it looked like their ambitions of staying in the Premier League title race were slipping away.

Joao Pedro's finish from a Reece James corner gave Chelsea the lead against an out-of-sorts Villa side looking nothing like a team going for an 11th win in a row in all competitions.

But then in the 59th minute, Emery summoned Watkins from the bench and everything changed.

Within moments the England star had equalised from Morgan Rogers' through-ball, then seven minutes from time he rose to nod Youri Tielemans' header into the corner to keep Villa within three points of leaders Arsenal.