Chelsea fought back from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa – but it could have been even better had a stoppage-time header from Axel Disasi not been ruled out by VAR.

The Blues went into the interval having conceded twice. Marc Cucurella was unfortunate to divert a John McGinn shot into his own net early in the first half and Morgan Rogers added a second through a well-placed effort from the edge of the box.

Yet Mauricio Pochettino’s side reacted impressively in the second period. Noni Madueke started the comeback as he guided a finish into the far corner after good work from Conor Gallagher, who then struck a stunning goal to level the game with ten minutes to play.

It was all Chelsea in the final stages and they appeared to have claimed all three points when Disasi headed home. Yet after an on-field review recommended by VAR, the goal was ruled out for a foul by Benoit Badiashile in the build-up. The points were shared.

Pochettino made three changes to the side that was beaten by Arsenal. Trevoh Chalobah and Thiago Silva returned to our defence while Cole Palmer was back in the starting XI having recovered from illness.

The Blues fashioned the first opportunity of the game as a deep free-kick was met by Benoit Badiashile but the French centre-back volleyed well wide. It proved something of a false dawn for our first-half display, however.

From their first attack, Villa broke the deadlock. A surge forward Lucas Digne ended with his cutback finding McGinn, whose shot struck Cucurella and ended in the back of the Blues’ net.

Villa came close to a second minutes later as Digne exchanged passes on the edge of the Chelsea box with Ollie Watkins and drilled into the side netting.