{"id":23966,"date":"2025-12-28T12:34:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T12:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/chelsea-investigate-bottle-throw-at-aston-villas-bench-in-premier-league-match\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T12:34:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T12:34:55","slug":"chelsea-investigate-bottle-throw-at-aston-villas-bench-in-premier-league-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/chelsea-investigate-bottle-throw-at-aston-villas-bench-in-premier-league-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea investigate bottle throw at Aston Villa&#8217;s bench in Premier League match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Chelsea<\/b><\/a><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"> are investigating after a bottle was thrown towards the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/aston-villa\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Aston Villa<\/b><\/a><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"> bench following their 2-1 Premier League defeat at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After the full-time whistle, an open plastic bottle was directed at Villa&#8217;s celebrating bench, splashing staff and players with a liquid that appeared to be water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One member of staff pointed towards the area from which the bottle came, which seemed to be a section containing both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Chelsea<\/a> fans and staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It remains unclear who was responsible. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Chelsea<\/a> have launched an investigation but have not commented officially at this stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is also unclear whether referee Stuart Attwell and his officials saw the incident or whether it will be included in his report. BBC Sport has contacted the Football Association for comment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Villa substitute Ollie Watkins scored twice to overturn Joao Pedro&#8217;s first-half opener for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Chelsea<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Unai Emery&#8217;s side have now equalled a club record of 11 consecutive wins in all competitions and sit three points behind league leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Arsenal<\/a> in third. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Chelsea<\/a> are fifth before Sunday&#8217;s games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c62np1lg445o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are investigating after a bottle was thrown towards the Aston Villa bench following their 2-1 Premier League defeat at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. After the full-time whistle, an open plastic bottle was directed at Villa&#8217;s celebrating bench, splashing staff and players with a liquid that appeared to be water. 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