Evening Standard
·20 de janeiro de 2025
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·20 de janeiro de 2025
Blues looking to halt a five-game Premier League winless run
Chelsea scored twice in the second half to beat Wolves and end a run of five Premier League games without a win. Enzo Maresca’s side began the night in sixth place, but victory at Stamford Bridge takes them back up to fourth - above Manchester City. When the deadlock was broken, it came via an unlikely Chelsea source and thanks to a VAR intervention.
Wolves’ inability to defend set-pieces was exposed on two of the goals. Tosin Adarabioyo and Noni Madueke benefitted either side of Marc Cucurella restoring the Blues lead after the Matt Doherty equalised just before the break as he took advantage of a mistake from Robert Sanchez.
The visitors did threaten to reduce the deficit late on but Chelsea saw the game out rather comfortably to get their Champions League qualification bid back on track. They head to the Etihad Stadium at the weekend for what feels like a huge match.