Chelsea
2-1
Aston Villa

Luna (6' og.), Ivanovic (73')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Benteke (45')

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Jose Mourinho: "Christian Benteke is a special player"

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho calls Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke a "special player" after the Blues' 2-1 win over the Villans on Wednesday evening.

By Paul Gorst, Reporter

Published: August 22 2013 | 03:26

Last updated: August 22 2013 | 16:35

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has heaped praise on Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke.

The Belgian striker scored for Paul Lambert's side as the Blues beat the Villans 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday evening, and Mourinho feels that Benteke is crucial to Villa's plans this season.

"In Benteke they have a special player with special qualities," Mourinho is quoted as saying in the Daily Mail.

"They play from him. They use this and they play on the counter-attack. It was a football fight between Benteke and Branislav Ivanovic.

"They don't play a lot. Every ball the goalkeeper kicks, so they don't play but they created great difficulties."

Benteke is the Premier League's top scorer this season, with three goals in two games.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	11	9	1	1	21	6	15	28
2	Manchester City Man City	12	7	2	3	22	17	5	23
3	Chelsea	12	6	4	2	23	14	9	22
4	Arsenal	12	6	4	2	21	12	9	22
5	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	12	6	4	2	21	16	5	22
6	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	12	6	1	5	27	13	14	19
7	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	12	5	4	3	15	13	2	19
8	Aston Villa	12	5	4	3	19	19	0	19
9	Newcastle United Newcastle	11	5	3	3	13	11	2	18
10	Fulham	12	5	3	4	17	17	0	18
11	Brentford	12	5	2	5	22	22	0	17
12	Manchester United Man Utd	11	4	3	4	12	12	0	15
13	Bournemouth	12	4	3	5	16	17	-1	15
14	West Ham United West Ham	11	3	3	5	13	19	-6	12
15	Everton	12	2	5	5	10	17	-7	11
16	Leicester City Leicester	12	2	4	6	15	23	-8	10
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	12	2	3	7	20	28	-8	9
18	Crystal Palace	12	1	5	6	10	17	-7	8
19	Ipswich Town Ipswich	11	1	5	5	12	22	-10	8
20	Southampton	11	1	1	9	7	21	-14	4