Although it was certainly an improvement on the performance Chelsea showed against Arsenal at the weekend, the 1-1 draw versus Aston Villa last night was still a disappointing result.

Manager Frank Lampard made a number of changes to his starting line up, with the Blues boss trying to manage a two-day turnaround between matches, but the rotation in personnel did not produce the desired outcome.

Chelsea looked lively at the end of the first half and could have put the game out of sight of Villa but, after being pegged back by Anwar El Ghazi’s goal, the head’s dropped, leading to two more dropped points.

Press the next page as we go through five things we learned from the Villa game yesterday evening.