Aston Villa youngsters win the NextGen Series

Two Graham Burke penalties handed them a 2-0 victory in Lake Como – in front of first-team chief Paul Lambert.

Alex Kiwomya was sent off in the second-half for Chelsea as Villa capped a brilliant campaign after already beating Celtic, Ajax, Olympiakos and Sporting Lisbon.

A 3-1 extra-time win over Sporting on Friday fired them into the final and Villa made one change to their line up with Riccardo Calder replacing the injured Jordan Lyden.

Chelsea drafted in Nathan Ake following his involvement with the first-team squad for Saturday's 2-1 Premier League defeat at Southampton.

And the Blues began brightly with Brad Watkins rescuing Villa inside the first minute when he denied Kiwomya.

Six minutes later, he turned away Islam Feruz's angled drive and then thwarted Ake as Chelsea continued to threaten.

Villa survived another scare when Kiwomya fired inches wide.

But having survived a Chelsea onslaught the claret and blues stunned their English rivals by taking the lead three minutes after the break.

Callum Robinson was brought down by Alex Davey in the area and Burke fired Villa ahead from the spot.

Robinson continued to look menacing as Villa took charge and Samir Carruthers fired over from distance.

And Josh Barton almost doubled the advantage only for Beeney to make a stunning one-handed save to tip over his curling 20-yard shot.

Villa were given a further boost in the final stages when Kiwomya was sent off for a second bookable offence.

And in injury-time Burke hammered in a second penalty with the last kick off the game, after Barton was brought down, to clinch the title.