Chelsea took the lead at Wolves but fell to a 2-1 defeat after two goals in four second-half minutes at Molineux on Wednesday.
Match Report
Ruben Loftus-Cheek handed his first league start of the campaign, had put the Blues ahead in the 18th minute with a heavily deflected effort.
Raul Jimenez brought the scores level, his rasping finish from a narrow angle proving too hot for Kepa Arrizabalaga and the comeback was complete when Matt Doherty's low cross to the far post found Diogo Jota unmarked to tap home.
Match Events
18' GOAL! Wolves 0-1 Chelsea (Loftus-Cheek)
There is a real element of good fortune in that goal following a huge deflection, but Chelsea take the lead nonetheless!
Loftus-Cheek takes a strike from the left side of the box and Coady attempts to steer the ball behind but instead turns in beyond Patricio and into the bottom right corner of the net. 0-1.
59' GOAL! Wolves 1-1 Chelsea (Jimenez)
Gibbs-White finds himself in a little bit of space on the edge of the Chelsea box and manages to slide a wonderful pass into the path of Jimenez.
From the right side of the box, Jimenez’s right-footed shot flies beyond Kepa who fails to get enough on the effort to keep it out. 1-1.
63' GOAL! Wolves 2-1 Chelsea (Jota)
Wolves have taken the lead! Moutinho steals the ball away from Willian in the centre of the pitch before laying the ball off to the right for Doherty.
From the right-hand side, Doherty delivers a wonderful cross towards the back post and Jota is completely unmarked to tap the ball beyond Kepa. 2-1.
Line-ups
Wolves XI: Patricio; Boly, Coady (C), Bennett; Vinagre, Moutinho, Saiss, Doherty; Jota, Gimenez, Gibbs-White.
Subs: Ruddy, Cavaleiro, Costa, Hause, Dendoncker, Bonatini, Troare.
Chelsea XI: Kepa; Azpilicueta (C), Rudiger, Christensen, Alonso; Fabregas, Kante, Loftus-Cheek; Willian, Hazard, Morata.
Subs: Caballero, Zappacosta, Luiz, Jorginho, Kovacic, Pedro, Giroud.
TopStrika
341
Sarri ball turn Sorry ball [Cry] wasted chances costs us the game
Didmopr
327
Wrong step. Wrong system. Wrong player. Not so lucky. Anything can happen. Chelsea need hunger talent creative striker. Hard ball defence. I believe chelsea can finish in top 4. Need more adjustments and new brilliant player especially in the front. Miss striker like Didier Drogba.
Gabrieljackson
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the worst performance by chelsea this season absolute nonsense
KindDrew
279
When you smoke 80 cigarettes a day but it's Morata that will kill you 🚬❌
KingDave10
259
let's see if Sarri is gonna blame Kante now.
jawcdinru
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Sarri friend speaking, hey,Sarri i told never sign give cfc u didn't listen,then start parking ur bags bcoz cfc r sacking u ending of the season. I mean this season not next season, Sarri speaking, oh why r they gonna sack me,r they gonna sack me upon all the matches I won for them,Sarri friend, yes for cfc they never care for winning more matches and lost just 2,Sarri speaking, oh then,their very wicked lyk tht, ohk am parking so plz candly bring ur van car and take me to my hometown Italy very quick plz.Sarri friend, ohk.tell ur wife to hurry up, and even stop ur smoking ohk.Sarri,ohk,ohk I hear so hurry up and bring the car.Sarri friend,laughing Sarri.
Tonito Cubano
233
I see a Chelsea team passing the ball alot and NOT attacking! They beat PAOK with many Scores, and lose to a second hand team. Are they really want to be in the Champion League? I do not know anymore!!!
Prokesh
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Opponent's best defender so far... added steadiness to a shaky defence for Wolves, He's arguably the man of the match for Wolves
yung_kreativ_I
224
Sarri continue to make the same mistakes over and over You have a player as good as Emerson and you are keeping him on the bench for a slogish Alonso who loves to over lap with no speed or pace to cover up or come back all I am asking bench Alonso against mancity and you will see the difference #sadandheartbroken #Alonsoout
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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What did I say. It will be a tough game.... why was Alonso played ahead of Emerson again? he was absolute trash. At fault for both goals pretty much as both were created and scored from there. The right side also get partial blame for the second one as their positioning was awful, Azpi is not a right back, the sooner Sarri understands this the better. They exposed our left side yet again. They're only the nth number of opponents that have done that to us (too many to count). What a joke of a game. We got exposed without even fighting. I knew it would be tough but expected at least a draw. This was just Sours 2.0 after the first half. They utterly dominated us. This team seriously need to give the youth players and Emerson a chance. I think Ampadu, Odoi and Emerson could have played this game better than the players we had on the pitch. I must have been a fortune teller cos I just knew they will attack from the sides and be tactically and positionally superior somehow. Do I have a sixth sense? Only positive is that our ACADEMY YOUTH PLAYERS were playing well..... May be this is hinting at Sarri to use Odoi, Ampadu, RLC and Christensen just a tiny bit more in the BPL. The fact that Moses is preferred ahead of Odoi is criminal... @TonyV25 I told you United got a better forward line and that we can't attack bro...
Iamtom_davidonIG
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Name: Chelsea New Job: Manchester United.
tropicalda
209
Watching Willian, Morata, Alonso, Luiz in the last two months has made me take more alcohol than I have had in 2 years....
Shawnjoseph54
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wolves played really good and hard luck to wolves but still it's not sarri s fault be careful premire league the wolves bites and they didn't lose they had a draw with mancity and manutd and won Chelsea like they are a team to be treated with respect and not with a rotation squad
egzzi98
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let's tell ourselves the truth here! wolves showed alot of spirit for the game than Chelsea. wolves made sure every ball they had gets go the other half while Chelsea was playing more of possession football and Sari had to start Morata 😕. Morata and Lukaku are both scam of a strikers with big money price tag
Asphalt
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Goals by players since Eden Hazard last scored a goal: Mbappe - 9 Sterling - 7 Ronaldo - 7 Neymar - 5 Messi (spent 3 weeks injured) - 5 Remember 3 months ago when he was the best player in the world? 😂
ngisilas
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Be ready to hear Sari say we ended the game slower than we began. He is always distansing himself from the blame. All managers brought by Chelsea to play attacking football always loss their jobs before the end of the season.
Asap24
152
Looks like Chelsea players have started smoking along with Sarri
Adebode
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I can now see why Sarri haven't won any major trophy. Hazad's mind is not with Chelsea anymore. Willian should please go to Barça. He's a useless player. Alonso should not hang his boot but suspend it. I still remain Chelsea.
Wiaabimops
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Don't just blame Sarri , Wolves nowadays are preforming wonderful against big teams, atleast they have collected a point in big four games ,why should we congratulate Wolves team for there performance tonight.
Micah 001
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Chelsea will never perform with some of our low thnking players who stay slow and hold the balls for long, i fail to understand why the motivation, the fight and the enthuasm for the blues winning mentality is becoming so fragile... morata's virus is being spread all over the bridge to each and evry player... Sarri's too mch trust in underperforming players is also costing our top 4 fortunes... why play willian always... y play alonso evry now and then... we need pkayers who are fast... odoi is there for willian... emerson has a grieving speed and hunger of both defending and running in between the right back n forth... why always use these frindge players... am a fraid Sarri might not last even 2 seasons tht conte did and may go even trophyless if his mentality and too mch faith on disappointing players like morata, giroud, willian and marcos alonso dont change... am sure this was a must win game in high spirits awaiting the battle with mancity... where chelsea need points to become better they lose... the fighting spirit and motivation is long gone at the bridge... Conte was the right coach tho... how i wish he had axed all th players and he was given th right players he wanted with his mentality and passion chelsea would be far from this point... top for is a dream with th likes of rejuvinated arsenal and spurs... battling it out with them is like going wth mayweather to knockouts where u surely know u wont make it... chelsea should get crias at how they perceive small teams and get motivation... they should play for the team n not for the coach or the systems... we are not far from the liverpool i knew 2, 3 yrs ago... being smashed by small teams wen u need those important points is a waste of tym and facilities... wake up blues
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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well ...I won't be too sad if he goes. Chelsea is capable fairing without him. Back to the lineup. I feel Sarri should bring Azpi over to the left & put either moses or Zappa as RB. I think it's because of the combination of Kante & Apzi on the right that's why most of our gameplay happens on the left. So bringing a more attacking RB will balance things up as Kante will be more than pleased to cover for the RB if caught off position. While bringing Azpi who is very good at positioning to the left can cover any space left by the more attacking LM
If we get Isco + money for Hazard, I wouldn't even be stressed. But straight up cash they're offering like 150 mil, Hazard is at the very least worth more than Mbappe at least. 150 is a disrespectful amount. I'd rather take Isco plus cash... you get a versatile player who has similar qualities plus money to invest in a proper forward which we are lacking.... if it has to be cash, something like 200 should suffice.
Kruxx14
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Sarri is out of sigarates now.
ORUVAL2
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Chelsea have started suffering from Hazard's departure...Wolves just killed them but Man City will bury them on Saturday...