🦁 Chelsea see off Wolves to move back into the Premier League top four | OneFootball

Chelsea beat Wolves 3-1 at Stamford Bridge to move back into the top four, and end a winless run of five Premier League games.

Scorers: Adarabioyo 24', 60', Madueke 65'; Doherty 45+5'

Chelsea started the stronger, passing the ball well and getting into good positions out wide, with Wolves just looking to stay on level terms.

Unsurprisingly, Cole Palmer was at the heart of it, and it was he who first tested José Sá with a fizzed low effort. The Wolves keeper took a knock in the process, but continued after some brief medical attention.

Sá and Matt Doherty almost combined to gift the Blues the lead, with a breakdown in communication leading to the Irish defender heading the ball past the onrushing stopper.

Tosin Aradabiyo gave his side a deserved lead a minute later, finishing well after Reece James shot deflected into his path six yards out.

The visitors offered very little for most of the first half, but there was signs of life just before the break, with Matheus Cunha proving their main threat as expected.

They equalised in the fifth minute of added time through Matt Doherty, who was quickest to the ball after Robert Sánchez dropped a standard catch from Cunha's corner right in front of his goal.

The second half started slower but Chelsea regained their lead on the hour mark through another defender, Marc Cucurella. Noni Madueke whipped the ball in from the right, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall got a slight touch, and the Spaniard did very well to hook the ball past Sá.

It was 3-1 five minutes later, as Wolves again conceded from a set piece. Palmer's corner was met by an unmarked Trevor Chalobah, whose header was put over the line by Madueke. It was the winger's fourth goal against Wolves this season.

Chelsea saw out the rest of the game with relative ease, allowing Enzo Maresca the chance to give Tyrique George his league debut off the bench. His side's win sees them leapfrog Newcastle and Manchester City in the table.

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