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

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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.

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Premier League: Wolves v Chelsea

• FULL TIME! Wolves 2-1 Chelsea
• 90+5’ GOAL! Nkunku pulls one back late on with goal on Premier League debut (WOL 2-1 CHE)
• 90+2’ GOAL! Doherty punishes woeful Chelsea defending to put Wolves two up (WOL 2-0 CHE)
• 63’ OFF THE LINE! Toti denies Nkunku as Chelsea hunt for equaliser (WOL 1-0 CHE)
• 50’ GOAL! Wolves lead as unmarked Lemina heads in from corner (WOL 1-0 CHE)
• 44’ CHANCE! Hwang blazes over on the break as Wolves grow into it (WOL 0-0 CHE)
• 32’ CHANCE! Sterling wastes Chelsea three-on-one as Sa saves (WOL 0-0 CHE)

[24 December 2023 13:33 · Jamie Braidwood]

Wolves 0-0 Chelsea

31 mins: Sarabia... wide! The Spaniard’s effort looked to be troubling Petrovic before it was deflected wide by the wall.

[24 December 2023 13:31 · Jamie Braidwood]

Wolves 0-0 Chelsea

30 mins: Now a Wolves free-kick on the edge! Ait Nouri drives inside from the left and Gallagher clips his heels. It’s a yellow card for the Chelsea captain and a chance for Wolves, with Sarabia lining it up.

[24 December 2023 13:30 · Jamie Braidwood]

Wolves 0-0 Chelsea

28 mins: Sterling... over! A difficult one to get up and down, in fairness.

[24 December 2023 13:29 · Jamie Braidwood]

Wolves 0-0 Chelsea

27 mins: Oooooh - very close to a Chelsea penalty. Sterling, the best player on the pitch so far, picks up the ball and drives towards goal before he is chopped down on the 18-yard line by Lemina. Sterling fell into the box but the foul was just outside.

Now, a decent chance for Sterling...

[24 December 2023 13:26 · Jamie Braidwood]

Wolves 0-0 Chelsea

24 mins: A decent couple of minutes for Wolves as they get some of the ball in the Chelsea half for the first time in the match. Sarabia’s touch is poor in the box after Ait Nouri finds him with the pull-back. The hosts have yet to have a shot at goal.

[24 December 2023 13:23 · Jamie Braidwood]

Wolves 0-0 Chelsea

21 mins: This is starting to turn into one of *those* Chelsea performances. Sterling picks out Jackson with a lovely floated cross but the striker lets the ball slip out of his control from under his studs - more frustration for Pochettino.

[24 December 2023 13:20 · Jamie Braidwood]

Wolves 0-0 Chelsea

17 mins: Sterling is having a huge influence on the game and a lot of Chelsea’s play is going down his side on the left. Samedo catches the forward’s shin as he clears the ball - Sterling stayed down and VAR had a look, but there wasn’t much in that.

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[24 December 2023 13:17 · Jamie Braidwood]

Wolves 0-0 Chelsea

14 mins: A concern for Wolves as Ait Nouri goes down. The left back had only just returned from injury but looks ok to continue. O’Neil takes the chance to get his players in: Wolves are being outrun here and Chelsea’s attacking approach is causing them problems.

[24 December 2023 13:13 · Jamie Braidwood]

Wolves 0-0 Chelsea

11 mins: Another moment to add to the list - this time as the overlapping Gusto gets around the outside of Palmer and cuts a low cross back to Broja, who can’t sort his feet out to connect with the shot. It then breaks to Jackson, but Wolves are able to get enough bodies in front of the ball to get the block in.

Good start from Chelsea, this.

[24 December 2023 13:10 · Jamie Braidwood]

Wolves 0-0 Chelsea

8 mins: Another half-chance for Chelsea, this time as Sterling feeds Jackson with a clever ball, but Samedo got his body around the pass and poked back to Sa. The visitors have had some decent moments so far.