English champions Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa in the Premiership on Wednesday. Luke Moore's goal for Aston Villa 15 minutes after the hour mark cancelled out Arjen Robben's opener in the first half. Despite the third consecutive draw, the Blues are sitting comfortably on the top of the Premiership table 63 points while Aston Villa left 14th on 17 points. Robben grabbed the lead for the visitors in the 14th minute after he connected with Joe Cole's low cross to send a left-foot volley into the back of the net. Aston Villa were denied a clear penalty in the 33rd minute when defender John Terry blocked Steven Davis's ball with his hand. Moore leveled the score in the 75th minute when his close range effort took a deflection of Glen Johnson's leg and went past Chelsea keeper Petr Cech. Elsewhere, David Bentley scored a hat-trick to help Blackburn Rovers snatch a 4-3 home victory over Manchester United. Bentley, who has just earned a permanent deal with Blackburn, struck three times and Lucas Neill scored for Blackburn while Ruud Van Nistelrooy netted twice and Louis Saha scored for United. In other matches, Liverpool held to a 1-1 draw with Birmingham, West Ham beat Arsenal 3-2, Manchester City thrashed Newcastle 3-0 and Portsmouth drew 1-1 with Bolton Wanderers.
