Romelu Lukaku has ended his goal-scoring drought as he scored his first Premier League goal since September and Jorginho struck from the penalty spot twice as Chelsea beat Aston Villa 3-1.
Thomas Tuchel’s side had fallen behind to a Reece James own goal in the 28th minute, but they restored parity shortly after thanks to a Jorginho spot-kick.
Half-time substitute Lukaku then headed home for the first time in the top flight since he scored a brace against Villa at Stamford Bridge on September 11.
The 28-year old has now scored nine goals in 10 Premier League appearances against Aston Villa.
He hasn’t scored more against any other opponent in the big-five European leagues in his career according to Opta stats.
While it appeared Lukaku’s effort was good enough to give Chelsea the victory and also the three points they wanted badly, Jorginho added a third with another penalty in stoppage time.
Sunday’s victory meant Chelsea moved level on points with second-placed Liverpool, who have a game in hand, while Villa slipped to 10th after earlier moving up to ninth following Leicester City’s heavy defeat to Manchester City.
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