Jorginho and Lukaku help secure vital away win for Chelsea

Romelu Lukaku came off the bench to lead Chelsea to a 3-1 victory at Aston Villa with midfielder Jorginho scoring two penalties in the Premier League on Sunday.

Villa had taken the lead in the 28th minute with some good fortune when Matt Targett's cross struck the head of Chelsea defender Reece James and flew past goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.

Thomas Tuchel's side drew level six minutes later, though, when Matty Cash clumsily brought down Callum Hudson-Odoi inside the box and Jorginho coolly converted the penalty.

Halftime substitute Lukaku made a swift impact with a fine, angled, glancing header from a Hudson-Odoi cross to put Chelsea ahead in the 56th minute.

In stoppage time, Lukaku was brought down inside the box by Villa defender Ezri Konsa and Jorginho again made no mistake to secure three points for Chelsea who are level with second placed Liverpool on 41 points -- six behind leaders Manchester City.

Aston Villa

• 1 Emiliano Martínez
• 5 Tyrone Mings
• 4 Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
• 3 Matt Targett
• 2 Matthew Cash
• 10 Emi Buendía (73')
• 6 Douglas Luiz
• 8 Morgan Sanson (75')
• 41 Jacob Ramsey
• 11 Ollie Watkins
• 20 Ings (72')
• Substitutes
• 47 Tim Iroegbunam
• 30 Kortney Hause
• 12 Steer
• 33 Carney Chukwuemeka (73')
• 15 Bertrand Traoré (72')
• 17 Trezeguet
• 16 Tuanzebe
• 39 Keinan Davis
• 21 El Ghazi (75')

Chelsea

• 16 Edouard Mendy
• 2 Rüdiger
• 6 Thiago Silva (51')
• 14 Trevoh Chalobah (45')
• 5 Jorginho x2
• 24 Reece James
• 7 Kante (62')
• 3 Marcos Alonso
• 10 Christian Pulisic
• 20 Callum Hudson Odoi
• 19 Mason Mount
• Substitutes
• 1 Arrizabalaga
• 18 Barkley
• 28 Azpilicueta
• 9 Lukaku (45')
• 17 Saúl
• 8 Kovacic (62')
• 31 Malang Sarr
• 22 Hakim Ziyech
• 4 A. Christensen (51')

Substitutions

Romelu Lukaku (45', Trevoh Chalobah), Andreas Christensen (51', Thiago Silva), Mateo Kovacic (62', N'Golo Kanté), Bertrand Traoré (72', Danny Ings), Carney Chukwuemeka (73', Emiliano Buendía), Anwar El Ghazi (75', Morgan Sanson)

Goals

1-0, 27': Reece James, 1-1, 33': Jorginho , 1-2, 55': Lukaku, 1-3, 92': Jorginho

Cards

Referee: Martin Atkinson
VAR Referee: Stuart Attwell, Daniel Cook
Emiliano Martínez (32',Yellow) Tyrone Mings (64',Yellow) Marcos Alonso (69',Yellow) Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (91',Yellow)

Table

Table	Pts.	P	W	D	L
9 BHA	23	17	5	8	4
10 LCT	22	17	6	4	7
11 AST	22	18	7	1	10
12 CRY	20	18	4	8	6
13 BRE	20	17	5	5	7

Table	Pts.	P	W	D	L
1 MNC	47	19	15	2	2
2 LIV	41	18	12	5	1
3 CHE	41	19	12	5	2
4 ARS	35	19	11	2	6
5 TOT	29	16	9	2	5