CHELSEA are looking to put defeat against West Ham behind them as they face Aston Villa.
And Tammy Abraham is crucially back in the side for the Blues.
Chelsea 2 Aston Villa 1
All over, three points and a brief handshake and grab between Lampard and Terry.
Chelsea could have won it by far more, of course, and would have done without Heaton's excellent keeping.
They will long talk about Mount's winner at the start of the second period, an absolute beauty.
Abraham showed his class too, scoring the opener and then laying on the winner after Trezeguet's fluke leveller.
At the end, Terry responded to the claps from the home fans by responding in kind. He knows he will always have a place here.
But now it is about Lampard's team.
Crikey, they only nearly stole a point.
The ball gets flung into the box and Luiz gets his head on it, with Kepa having to go down quickly to his right to push it to safety.
That really would have been a sickener for Chelsea.
Was that the chance? Possibly.
Villa force a corner, Chelsea struggle to get the ball clear but Elmohamaday smashes his effort over the bar.
Time for another Chelsea change, with Hudson-Odoi on for Pulisic.
That's a concern for Lampard.
Abraham looks to have picked up a thigh knock and gingerly makes his way off – although not down the tunnel – with Michy Batshuayi coming on.
This one really should be all over. Could Villa nick a point out of nothing? Surely not…
Not quite sure how Villa are still in this.
They cannot handle Pulisic at all, another twinkle-toed run inside the box ending with a shot Heaton somehow manages to shovel behind as Abraham appeared poised to turn the loose ball home.
Then Willian clips over the wall from a free-kick which the diving Heaton tips onto the post before Pulisic is edged off the loose ball with the goal begging.
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