Wolves 2-1 Chelsea: Blues stunned by two-goal turnaround
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea slipped 10 points behind Manchester City in the Premier League title race after a shock defeat at feisty Wolves.
The hosts ended a two-month wait for a win with quickfire second-half goals from Raul Jimenez and Diogo Jota clinching a 2-1 victory.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek's deflected strike opened the scoring for the Blues but they now sit fourth to seriously trail leaders City. PA
What time does it start?
Wolves vs Chelsea kicks off at 19:45 (GMT) on Wednesday December
Where can I watch?
Wolves vs Chelsea will not be televised, but you can follow the action live on IndySport’s live blog.
Player to watch:
Ruben Loftus-Cheek. The midfielder has struggled for game time this season, but he has seized the rare opportunities he’s been given, including a goal off the bench against Fulham on Sunday. It wouldn’t be a surprise if he’s given a start in this game given the run of midweek matches over the Christmas period, and he will be looking to prove he can produce from the start.
Form Guide:
Wolves: LLDLL
Chelsea: WWDLW
Odds:
Wolves: 4/1
Draw: 13/5
Chelsea: 4/6
Prediction:
Chelsea to win 3-1
Manchester United 1-1 Arsenal, 66 minutes
There's something in the air at Old Trafford tonight.
Shkodran Mustafi is the latest walking wounded. Arsenal out of substitutions, of course, so he'll have to soldier on.
Burnley 1-2 Liverpool, 83 minutes
A clever back heel from Naby Keita nearly extends Liverpool's lead, but Phil Bardsley is well-placed on the line to block.
GOAL! Manchester United 1-2 Arsenal (Alexandre Lacazette, 68 minutes)
An error from Marcos Rojo, giving the ball away in his own half, and Alexandre Lacazette exchanges passes with Henrikh Mkhitaryan before surging through on goal.
Rojo recovers to try to hook the ball away from the Frenchman, but only succeeds in cannoning the ball against his shin and past the onrushing David De Gea.
But hold on...
GOAL! Manchester United 2-2 Arsenal (Jesse Lingard, 69 minutes)
Straight from kick off, Manchester United are once again level!
A Sead Kolasinac error, Arsenal scrambling and unable to prevent Jesse Lingard slotting between Bernd Leno's legs.
Arsenal can't hold a lead.
Manchester United 2-2 Arsenal, 72 minutes
Two excellent chances for Arsenal as both Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan fail to find a finish.
Marouane Fellaini replaces Marcos Rojo. This game could go anywhere.
Manchester United 2-2 Arsenal, 74 minutes
There's so much space out there now.
Marcus Rashford wastes an opportunity to play in Romelu Lukaku as the home side force a three-on-two, before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang forces David De Gea into a diving save.
Here comes Paul Pogba...
Jesse Lingard goes off.
GOAL! Burnley 1-3 Liverpool (Xherdan Shaqiri, 90 + 2 minutes)
Mohamed Salah to Xherdan Shaqiri, who seals victory for Liverpool.
After going 1-0 behind Jurgen Klopp will be pleased with his team's response. Another victory.
Full time at Craven Cottage. Denis Odoi had a superb late chance for Fulham but could only fire over, and thus Leicester take a point back to the Midlands with them. 1-1.
A superb home win for Wolves, shocking Chelsea 2-1 at Molineux thanks to goals from Raul Jimenez and Jota.
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