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West Ham boss Zola wants O'Neill revenge for Chelsea title failure

West Ham United boss Gianfranco Zola wants revenge over Aston Villa's Martin O'Neill today.

Exactly a decade ago this weekend, Leicester scored twice in the last eight minutes at Stamford Bridge to hold Zola's Chelsea to a 2-2 draw.

Chelsea only lost three league matches that season but ended up finishing third behind Manchester United and Arsenal after drawing four of their last seven games.

Zola recalled: "I lost a championship because of Martin and his team. One of the draws was against Leicester in a crucial game. We were winning 2-0 with 10 minutes to go and they got two goals.

"That was a big blow because with a victory we would have been top of the league.

"It was always a horrible game to play against Leicester because it was tough. Martin O'Neill always does a good job and Aston Villa have had an unbelievable season."

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