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Match report: Aston Villa 1 – 2 Chelsea
Frank Lampard etched his name into the history books as Chelsea's record goalscorer with a match-winning brace against Aston Villa
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Villa boss: Atmosphere will be electric
Villa boss Paul Lambert says Villa Park will be "rocking" today as Villa face Chelsea in their last home game of the season.
Former Captain Stiliyan Petrov will do a lap of the pitch with his team mates after the game as he retires from football, following his leukaemia battle.
The manager says the event will be "emotional" for Stiliyan as he bows out of the game but hinted there would be a job for him elsewhere at Villa Park.
Supporters are also expected to stand and clap on the 19th minute to coincide with the skipper's squad number.
Petrov leads Villa one last time
Stiliyan Petrov will lead out Aston Villa on to the Villa Park pitch one last time as they face Chelsea.
The 33-year-old Club captain will be joined by his team-mates for the traditional lap of appreciation at the end of the final home game of the season.
He announced his retirement from football this week after a battle with leukaemia.
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Petrov announced his retirement today.
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– David Cameron, TwitterBrave statement from Stiliyan Petrov as he announces retirement from football and setting up a new foundation #AVFC #Petrov
Petrov will lead out team-mates during Chelsea game
Aston Villa Club captain Stiliyan Petrov will lead out his team-mates and their families for the traditional lap of appreciation at the end of the club's final home game of the season against Chelsea on Saturday.
Petrov announced today that he is retiring from football. He said:
"I wish to thank the fans of Aston Villa and the Villa Chairman, Randy Lerner, Chief Executive Paul Faulkner and manager Paul Lambert. Also...those all over the world who have helped me through the past year with their incredible displays of support and with their personal, moving messages.
I am moving on and I am excited by this. There is a deep joy in my heart because of what you have shared with me, not only in this past year but over the years I have been in football. I felt privileged. I still do. I always will."
Leukaemia battle: Petrov thanks staff at Birmingham hospital
"My leukaemia is now in remission and I have finished my high intensity treatment. From now on I’ll be on the softer treatment, which is two years on tablets. I feel lucky. Not everyone is as lucky as I have been.
For this I need to thank...Professor Charlie Craddock, Sandeep Nagra and all of the nurses who have looked after me at University Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
For the life I’ve lived in football, I will always be incredibly grateful. For the opportunity this crazy thing that happened in my life has given me, I also feel grateful in a strange kind of way.
This crazy thing, somehow, has touched people and I want to try to channel this in a positive way. This will be the greatest challenge of my life."
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