Villa moved up to seventh, just two points behind fourth-placed Manchester City and a point behind Bournemouth in fifth – a position that looks set to earn Champions League qualification this season.
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery says qualifying for the Champions League again will still be “difficult” despite a huge win over Chelsea.
Emery’s side earned a huge three points in the race for the Premier League top four when Marco Asensio’s 89th-minute winner earned a 2-1 victory on Saturday.
The Champions League will be difficult, but hopefully the Europa League or the Conference League.
“It was a completely different position to what I’m used to but that doesn’t worry me, it’s somewhere I have experience playing in so it wasn’t anything new to me,” James said on the club’s official website.
