Aston Villa’s Under-21s were undone 4-0 by Chelsea at Bodymoor Heath on Monday night.
Dujuan Richards’ brace put the visitors in control of the Premier League 2 encounter, but Villa continued to battle throughout and went close on several occasions.
Yet Deivid Washington ended any hopes of a fightback when he added the visitors’ third goal on the counter-attack.
And despite pressing further for deserved reward, Villa were downed when Chelsea made it four, again on the counter, in injury time.
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