LONDON, England (AP) — Chelsea’s poor Premier League form continued yesterday when they conceded an injury-time equaliser to draw 3-3 with struggling Aston Villa.

The Blues had trailed 1-2 at Stamford Bridge until Didier Drogba and John Terry scored in the last six minutes of regular time to put the defending champions ahead.

Those goals looked to have clinched only Chelsea’s second win in eight matches, but Villa defender Ciaran Clark was left unmarked to head Marc Albrighton’s cross past goalkeeper Petr Cech.

The point left Chelsea outside the top four, with Tottenham having moved into the final Champions League place with a 1-0 win over Fulham on Saturday.

Villa moved up to 15th place with the first point they earned this season after conceding the first goal. Newcastle moved up two places to 10th after Shola Ameobi scored for a 1-0 win at Wigan in yesterday’s other game.

Chelsea have now dropped 25 points already this season, just three fewer than they dropped in the whole of 2009-10.

The Blues ended a six-match run without a win by beating Bolton 1-0 in midweek and led yesterday through Frank Lampard’s 23rd-minute penalty, awarded for a foul by James Collins on Florent Malouda.

But Ashley Young equalised with another penalty four minutes before halftime after Michael Essien had barged over Nigel Reo-Coker.