The Birmingham Mail carried a “Memo to Villa,” recently which featured the photograph of an empty goal and the caption “This is what a goal looks like.”
Villa’s last goal was scored 11 playing hours and 43 days earlier.
Three minutes into the second half Jores Okore headed in Carles Gil’s cross to finally break the no goal jinx for Aston Villa and to take the score to 1 -1
Sometime later -in the 66th minute if you want to be precise Branislav Ivanovic scored the winner for Chelsea and brought about that rarity of rarities – a smile on Jose Mourinho’s scowling face.
Chelsea are 7 points clear at the top and Manchester City are floundering.