Frank Lampard's side with one win in the last 5 games • Giro scored first, Al Gazi equalized for the visitors • Leicester returned to second place after 1-1 at Crystal Palace
The 16th round of the Premier League opened tonight (Monday) with two games, after the meeting between Manchester City and Everton was postponed due to Corona's break at the Citizens.
Chelsea ended in a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa at home, and Lester squeezed a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace.
After the humiliation against Arsenal in the derby, the Blues hoped to recover at Stamford Bridge against Aston Villa, both of whom have the same number of points (although Chelsea are two games short).
Olivier Giroud put Lampard's side ahead in the 34th minute, but 5 minutes into the second half Anwar al-Ghazi equalized for the visitors and set up a points distribution.
Villa in 5th place, followed by Chelsea in 6th.
Earlier, Leicester City finished in a second straight draw, 1-1 at Crystal Palace and temporarily returned to second place.
Kalchi Ihanacho missed a penalty that was thrown to the visitors 19 minutes from the start, and the host was the first to take the lead in the 58th minute from a goal by Wilfried Zaha.
In the end, the Foxes were able to extract a point thanks to a Harvey Barnes equalizer in the 83rd minute.