Chelsea manager Frank Lampard was full of praise for Cesar Azpilicueta.

The veteran defender was in the thick of the action at both ends during a tense win over Aston Villa.

Chelsea had to come from behind, but Azpi got two assists for Christian Pulisic and Olivier Giroud goals.

Lampard praised Azpi after the game, telling reporters: "I thought Azpi was really good in the game.

"Obviously he delivers the ball for Christian's goal and got really high up in areas.

"We worked a lot before the game on how we wanted to attack and down the right-hand side was certainly an area for us to try to exploit.

"Willian, Mason Mount when he moved to that side, and Azpi with his energy to keep joining was a huge point of attack for us and eventually we got the breakthrough from that.

"He showed his leadership and his quality."