GALLERY: Villa in action at Chelsea

Aston Villa tasted a 3-0 defeat at Chelsea on Saturday evening but could take plenty of pride from their performance.

Dean Smith's side provided a stern test for their hosts at Stamford Bridge and could count themselves unfortunate as they were ultimately undone by a Romelu Lukaku brace and Mateo Kovacic's strike.

You can view a gallery of images from the Premier League encounter below...