Wolves v Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Matt Doherty winner punishes woeful Blues
Wolves 2-1 Chelsea: A Christmas Eve set-back for Mauricio Pochettino’s side as goals from Mario Lemina and Doherty earn the hosts a deserved win at Molineux
Wolves continued their stellar home form with a 2-1 win over Chelsea in the Premier League thanks to second-half strikes from Mario Lemina and Matt Doherty.
Lemina headed in a Pablo Sarabia corner six minutes after halftime to give Wolves the lead before Doherty secured the win for Wolves with a second goal in added time.
Christopher Nkunku netted a consolation goal for Chelsea, his first for the London club since his close-season move, but Mauricio Pochettino’s side could not find an equaliser as they fell to their eighth league defeat of the season.
Follow the live action in the blog below
Wolves 1-0 Chelsea
65 mins: Surely this time - no! Nice move from Chelsea, as Nkunku fakes a shot and shifts it to Palmer on the edge, who finds the open Sterling! The goal was gaping but Dawson gets across brilliantly to get the sliding challenge in. The Wolves defender is hurt but he’s saved his team.
Wolves 1-0 Chelsea
63 mins: OFF THE LINE! Chelsea have woken up at last! And it’s almost a debut goal for Nkunku! The France international prods a finish through a host of bodies but Toti Gomes was on the line to boot clear - Chelsea denied by an inch or two!
Wolves 1-0 Chelsea
61 mins: PENALTY? No! Sterling goes to ground after tripping over Toti Gomes, but the referee points the other way! Weird one, and Chelsea are furious. It looked clumy from Gomes but also quite opportunistic from Sterling rather than an actually foul.
Wolves 1-0 Chelsea
59 mins: Double change for Chelsea - Christopher Nkunku is on for his Premier League debut, while Mykhailo Mudryk is introduced as well.
Ugochukwu and Broja make way - both were poor.
Wolves 1-0 Chelsea
57 mins: Just to sum up Chelsea, Jackson has another half chance as he gets played through into the box. He had some work to do but had no control or confidence in the situation and the chance quickly disappears.
Time for some changes...
Wolves 1-0 Chelsea
53 mins: Chelsea, what are you doing? Disasi gives the ball away cheaply as Wolves come forward - it’s fed to Hwang who is tugged down by Colwill before Chelsea clear. But that was such poor defending and it could even have been a penalty, but VAR decides no.
Lemina tries his luck from the angle and brings a save from Petrovic.
GOAL! Wolves 1-0 Chelsea (LEMINA 50’)
Wolves score from a corner, and that had been coming! It’s such a soft goal from a Chelsea point of view. Lemina is left unmarked in the box and doesn’t even need to jump to steer his header across goal and into the corner. Chelsea had looked vulnerable moments before and this time they are punished. Wolves lead!
Wolves 0-0 Chelsea
48 mins: SAVE! Wolves should be ahead! From the corner from the right, Toti Gomes is free at the back post and looks certain to score! But Petrovic leaps across and makes the stop at his far post, before Chelsea scramble away.
Wolves 0-0 Chelsea
47 mins: CLOSE! ALmost a breakthrough for Wolves! Gomes strides forward and shoots from outside the box and it narrowly goes wide of the post after taking a deflection off Ugochukwu.
It actually comes off Ugochukwu’s hand, but his back was turned and VAR decides it’s not handball...
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