By Victor Kanayo
Fans are steadily running out of patience after Chelsea lost 0-2 at Stamford Bridge to Aston Villa in one of the Premier League matches decided on Saturday April 1, 2023.
The latest lost means the Blues under Graham Potter relinquished its position to Villa.
The result moves Chelsea down to 11th in the table – 11 points off fourth and nine behind fifth-placed Newcastle having played two games more.
Goals from Ollie Watkins and John McGinn saw Villa cruise to crucial victory and shocking performance by the fumbling Chelsea team.
Villa, meanwhile, climb to ninth with defeats for Liverpool and Fulham earlier on Saturday, as well as Brighton and Brentford’s draw, meaning Unai Emery’s side are now just two points off sixth.
Manchester City kept their hopes of a third successive Premier League title alive with a 4-1 comeback victory against Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium.
The setback leaves Liverpool in sixth place in the league table, seven points off fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur with a game in hand.
Same day, Gabriel Jesus scored his first goals for six months as Arsenal maintained control of the Premier League title race with a 4-1 defeat of relegation-threatened Leeds United.
Arsenal’s seventh successive league win moved them to 72 points from 29 games with City, who still have to play the London club at home, on 64 having played one game less.
