Cech: Villa surprise

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Petr Cech has admitted that Chelsea were shocked by how easily they beat Aston Villa on Sunday.

The Czech goalkeeper was largely untroubled as the Premier League leaders cruised to a 2-0 success over Villa, who many thought could bring to an end Chelsea's amazing four-and-half-year unbeaten run at Stamford Bridge.

Cech revealed that Chelsea were expecting a tough test against high-flying Villa, who had previously enjoyed a good record against the Blues, but the anticipated threat never emerged.

"We played out a great game, from the first minute there was only one team on the pitch," Cech told his own website.

"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."

Cole hope

Cech also believes the foot injury to team-mate Joe Cole, who misses England's World Cup qualifiers with Kazakhstan and Belarus, is not too serious.

"We believe that it will not be a serious injury and that he will recover over the international break," Cech added.

Cech is linking up with the Czech national squad ahead of their qualifiers against Slovenia and Poland and will travel to Prague on Monday.