Going into the two-week international break, there was some rare optimism around Chelsea Football Club.
The Blues went into the break winning three of their last four matches, with Everton scoring a late equaliser to stop that being four from four. So when Chelsea took to the field against Aston Villa on Saturday evening, there was genuine excitement.
But that was all gone when on 18 minutes Ollie Watkins lobbed Kepa Arrizabalaga and silence Stamford Bridge. Some poor defending from Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella, who headed the ball loosely towards his own goal, led to Watkins being clean through on goal and he continued his electric run of form.
