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Mourinho and Lambert involved in touchline bust-up after Ivanovic avoids red for foul on Benteke... then scores winner for Chelsea
Afric TV24 - FootBall Update
Mourinho and Lambert involved in touchline bust-up after Ivanovic avoids red for foul on Benteke... then scores winner for Chelsea
CHELSEA 2 ASTON VILLA 1: NEIL ASTON REPORTS FROM STAMFORD BRIDGE: Jose Mourinho's return gained further momentum when Branislav Ivanovic turned in a Frank Lampard free-kick to Chelsea three points.
First the Chelsea boss was shaken by Christian Benteke’s equaliser and he then steamed into Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert.
Mourinho knows Chelsea got lucky. They won this re-arranged fixture when Branislav Ivanovic, who could easily have been sent off for elbowing Benteke, powered the winner beyond Brad Guzan.
Villa should have had two penalties, decisions scandalously overlooked by referee Kevin Friend who failed to spot the nudge on Andreas Weimann, or John Terry’s handball in the closing minutes.
‘We’ve been done by two big decisions,’ claimed Lambert. ‘Ivanovic should have been sent off.’
Mourinho responded, labelling Villa a physical, long-ball team who constantly boot balls up to Benteke. It was unfair and inaccurate.
