Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 2
A controversial red card for Zat Knight tarnished Aston Villa’s impressive first-half display against Chelsea.
Shaun Maloney fired a brace – the second the result of a howler by Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech – to put Villa in the driving seat.
But on the stroke of half-time Knight was harshly dismissed for his tackle on Michael Ballack and Andriy Shevchenko converted the penalty.