4th February, 2024
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
Chelsea were heavily defeated 4-2 by Wolves at Stamford Bridge on Sunday condemning them to the 11th position in the premier league.
Chelsea had opened the scoring in the 19th minute of the first half with a superb finishing from Cole Palmer. Moises Caicedo played a fantastic through ball and found Palmer, who reacted quickly to get in front of the goalkeeper and fired a close-range shot into the bottom left corner.
Three minutes later, Wolves drew level. Joao Gomes played the ball to Matheus Cunha, whose deflected shot from inside the box went past the helpless Djordje Petrovic.
The Blues were 1-2 down two minutes to the end of the first half. Axel Disasi deflected the ball past his goalkeeper and into the goal after trying to jump in the way of a shot.
Things got worse for the homers in the 63rd minute as Wolves scored their third goal. Pedro Neto played the ball to Matheus Cunha, who found himself unmarked inside the box and slotted a first-time shot past Djordje Petrovic into the right side of the goal to make 1-3.
Eight minutes to the end of the match, Wolves made it 1-4 from the penalty spot. Matheus Cunha won the battle of wills and sent an unstoppable penalty past Djordje Petrovic into the bottom right corner.
Two minutes later, Chelsea pulled one back to make it 2-4. Mykhailo Mudryk took over corner duties. Thiago Silva got his head on the ball from the corner and put it into the bottom right corner.