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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Chelsea: Pedro Neto scores late winner for Wolves

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Chelsea: Pedro Neto scores late winner for Wolves
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Pedro Neto’s strike, at 94 minutes 39 seconds, was the latest winning goal scored in a Premier League game against Chelsea since Opta began recording exact timings in 2006-07

Pedro Neto scored an added-time winner as Wolves came from behind to earn a dramatic victory and stop Chelsea going top of the Premier League.

Daniel Podence had levelled in the second half after Olivier Giroud put the Blues ahead.

The Portugal forward tiptoed through the Chelsea defence before wrong-footing goalkeeper Edouard Mendy with a shot that deflected in off Reece James.

It came after a fierce Giroud volley from Ben Chilwell’s cross crept through Rui Patricio’s gloves to open the scoring for the visitors.

Neto was denied a late penalty for the hosts after referee Stuart Attwell reviewed his original decision on the pitch-side monitor and judged the Wolves forward was not fouled by Reece James.

But the 20-year-old broke away in the 95th minute and fired a low strike into the far corner beyond Mendy to earn Wolves only their second win in six games.

It is a second successive defeat for Chelsea after they were beaten at Everton on Saturday, with Frank Lampard’s side again missing an opportunity to go top of the table.

Blues’ title charge stuttering?

Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 49th minute with Chelsea's first shot on target
Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 49th minute with Chelsea’s first shot on target

Lampard said his side did not “have enough answers” in that 1-0 defeat against the Toffees, with Tottenham also frustrating his side in a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge last month.

It was a similar story at Molineux as the Blues failed to have a shot on target in the opening 45 minutes, Kurt Zouma hitting the crossbar and Giroud heading over from a corner.

The visitors made amends immediately after the break as Giroud beat Willy Boly to Chilwell’s low ball to fizz a left-footed volley underneath Patricio.

It was the in-form Frenchman’s seventh goal in as many games in all competitions, but it was not enough to stop the Blues losing consecutive top-flight matches for the first time since December last year.

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Lampard may have had reason to feel aggrieved at Wolves’ leveller, which followed a corner awarded to the hosts despite the ball having appeared to go out off Boly.

But Chelsea failed to create any serious chances after Giroud’s goal and were picked off on the break by the hosts’ pace and trickery in attack.

With Tottenham visiting Liverpool on Wednesday, this was a chance for Chelsea to move briefly into top spot and apply pressure.

Instead, the Blues remain fifth and could lose ground on the top four with all the teams in the Champions League places still to play this week.


Wolves find goalscoring solution

Wolves had failed to score in their previous two games after losing talismanic striker Raul Jimenez, who suffered a fractured skull against Arsenal.

The Mexican played in every Premier League match for Nuno Espirito Santo’s side last season, scoring 17 goals.

Against Chelsea the manager turned to 18-year-old club-record signing Fabio Silva in his search for goals.

Silva, who joined for £35m from Porto, did have the ball in the net but only after straying offside and generally found it a tough evening up against an experienced defender twice his age in Chelsea’s Thiago Silva.

Portuguese duo Podence and Neto produced the main goal threat for the hosts, who also sold Diogo Jota to Liverpool in the summer, and looked capable of shouldering the attacking burden in Jimenez’s absence.

Wolves also looked solid at the back, with Nuno reverting to three central defenders after playing with a back four in their past four games.

The results lifts his side to 10th in the table.

‘The boys believed the game was there’

Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo to Amazon: “We were always in the game. We were well organised. In the second half we played really good football.

“In the first half the game was tight, Chelsea had the ball. Second half, the boys believed the game was there to be competitive.

“We were disappointed three days ago [at losing late on to Aston Villa]. Football is until the last minute. It can happen to any team.

“It’s a strange season. We miss our fans today. There are too many voices around the referee and technical staff. Too bad the fans are not here to celebrate with us.”

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard to Amazon: “Very [disappointed]. We should see the game out at 1-0. If you’re not playing well, don’t allow counter-attacks and we did.

“Performance is what gives you results. We we were playing very well and maybe the lads think ‘we’re playing well’. When you think you’re playing well, things like this happen.

“This is the Premier League. If you don’t perform you lose games.”

Giroud continues prolific form – the stats

  • Wolves have lost just one of their past six Premier League home games and have now avoided losing consecutive home top-flight games since January 2019.
  • Each of Wolves’ last 83 goals in the Premier League have been scored by non-British players – only Arsenal have had a longer such run in the competition (171 between October 2005-February 2008).
  • No player has scored more goals for Chelsea in all competitions this season than Olivier Giroud (eight, level with Timo Werner).
  • Giroud has scored six goals in his past four away games in all competitions, as many as he managed for the Blues in his previous 20.
  • All four of Daniel Podence’s Premier League goals for Wolves have come against London clubs (two v Crystal Palace, one v Arsenal and one v Chelsea).

What’s next?

Wolves visit Burnley on Monday in the 17:30 GMT kick-off, while Chelsea host West Ham later that evening (20:00).

Player of the match

Daniel PodenceDaniel Podence

with an average of 8.43

Wolverhampton Wanderers

  1. Squad number10Player nameDaniel Podence

    Average rating

    8.43

  2. Squad number7Player namePedro Neto

    Average rating

    8.42

  3. Squad number16Player nameCoady

    Average rating

    7.44

  4. Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves

    Average rating

    7.41

  5. Squad number27Player nameSaïss

    Average rating

    7.38

  6. Squad number54Player nameOtasowie

    Average rating

    7.36

  7. Squad number17Player nameFábio Silva

    Average rating

    7.20

  8. Squad number5Player nameMarçal

    Average rating

    7.19

  9. Squad number15Player nameBoly

    Average rating

    7.18

  10. Squad number11Player nameRui Patrício

    Average rating

    7.18

  11. Squad number20Player nameVitinha

    Average rating

    7.03

  12. Squad number37Player nameTraoré

    Average rating

    6.75

  13. Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo

    Average rating

    6.74

  14. Squad number32Player nameDendoncker

    Average rating

    6.59

Chelsea

  1. Squad number18Player nameGiroud

    Average rating

    5.40

  2. Squad number10Player namePulisic

    Average rating

    4.69

  3. Squad number7Player nameKanté

    Average rating

    4.60

  4. Squad number21Player nameChilwell

    Average rating

    4.25

  5. Squad number15Player nameZouma

    Average rating

    4.21

  6. Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva

    Average rating

    4.20

  7. Squad number16Player nameMendy

    Average rating

    4.00

  8. Squad number24Player nameJames

    Average rating

    3.96

  9. Squad number19Player nameMount

    Average rating

    3.82

  10. Squad number17Player nameKovacic

    Average rating

    3.71

  11. Squad number9Player nameAbraham

    Average rating

    3.46

  12. Squad number11Player nameWerner

    Average rating

    3.03

  13. Squad number29Player nameHavertz

    Average rating

    2.90

Line-ups

Wolves

  • 11Rui Patrício
  • 15Boly
  • 16Coady
  • 27Saïss
  • 22Nélson SemedoBooked at 90mins
  • 32DendonckerSubstituted forOtasowieat 45′minutes
  • 8Neves
  • 5Marçal
  • 10PodenceBooked at 77minsSubstituted forVitinhaat 90′minutes
  • 17Fábio SilvaSubstituted forTraoréat 61′minutes
  • 7Neto

Substitutes

  • 2Hoever
  • 3Aït-Nouri
  • 20Vitinha
  • 21Ruddy
  • 37Traoré
  • 49Kilman
  • 54Otasowie

Chelsea

  • 16Mendy
  • 24James
  • 15Zouma
  • 6Thiago Silva
  • 21Chilwell
  • 29HavertzSubstituted forKovacicat 71′minutes
  • 7KantéBooked at 85mins
  • 19MountBooked at 60mins
  • 11Werner
  • 18GiroudSubstituted forAbrahamat 71′minutes
  • 10Pulisic

Substitutes

  • 1Arrizabalaga
  • 2Rüdiger
  • 5Jorginho
  • 9Abraham
  • 17Kovacic
  • 23Gilmour
  • 28Azpilicueta

Referee:
Stuart Attwell

Match Stats

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