Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech said he was surprised by how easy it was for his club to defeat Aston Villa in the Premier League.

Villa have looked like an in-form team this season, but Chelsea were scarcely troubled by Villa's much-vaunted attack as they cruised to a 2-0 victory.

Aston Villa took four points off the Blues last season, and it was widely believed Martin O'Neill's men could be the team to break their four-and-a-half-year unbeaten home run.

Cech said: "We played out a great game, from the first minute there was only one team on the pitch.

"Unambiguously, we deserved to win and could have scored even more goals.

"With regards to the previous encounters with Aston Villa, we expected a very difficult game.

"Eventually, it was not that difficult, also because we played really well."