Blues drift to 6-1 for title retention after Villa draw

 By Mark Langdon 8:16PM 2 JAN 2011 PRE-SEASON title favourites Chelsea have drifted to 6-1 from 4-1 to retain their Premier League title after yet another failure left them languishing well off the pace in fifth position.

RELATED LINKS 25 pounds free bet Bet In-Play now  The astonishing 3-3 draw with Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on Sunday has left the champions trailing leaders and even-money title favourites Manchester United by six points having played a game more.

Carlo Ancelotti claimed afterwards his team could still finish first, but few seem to believe the Italian with theBlues on a quite dismal run of one win in eight league outings.

Chelsea are 10-3 not to finish in the top four with Ancelotti
5-1 to be thenext top-flight boss to lose his job after Ciaran Clark salvaged a point with a last-gasp equaliser to deny the Londoners.

It wasn’t just Villa fans elated by the equaliser as bookmakers reported a multi-million pound swing on the draw, with 2-7 Chelsea seen as the cornerstone of a weekend which saw Saturday's eight Premier League favourites all win.

Wigan lost 1-0 at home to Newcastle to continue the fascinating relegation battle which sees just seven points separate ninth from bottom.

Newcastle are up to tenth and  out to 15-2 to be relegated following the deserved success at the DW Stadium which came courtesy of a scrambled Shola Amoebi first-half goal.

Wigan remain one point outside of the drop-zone and can be backed at 11-10 to be relegated.

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