Chelsea 3-0 Wolves, Premier League
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Chelsea beat Wolves 3-0 at Stamford Bridge this evening to earn 3 important points.It had a been a tricky first period against a deep Wolves block, and after the game goalscorer Malo Gusto was asked
Malo Gusto scores his first senior goal after 165 career appearances as Chelsea sweep managerless Wolves aside 3-0 to move second in the Premier League.
Played out in front of 56,537 fans at the Emirates, the result moves Chelsea two points clear of Manchester City, who have played one game fewer, at the top of the WSL with Arsenal moving temporarily into fourth — five points behind their London rivals.
Chelsea moved second in the Premier League with a 3-0 win over Wolves at Stamford Bridge. The Blues made hard work of their managerless visitors initially and the game remained goalless at half-time. But Alejandro Garnacho assisted Malo Gusto for his first senior goal to break the deadlock, and then Joao Pedro scored his fourth league goal.
Wolves predicted lineup vs. Chelsea (3-4-2-1): Johnstone; Krejčí, S. Bueno, Toti; Tchatchoua, Munetsi, J. Gomes, H. Bueno; Arias, Bellegarde; Strand Larsen. A heavily rotated Chelsea recently won a back-and-forth Carabao Cup tie at Molineux 4–3, with the Blues’ team set to look completely different this weekend.
With the second half underway and Chelsea struggling to break down a stubborn Wolverhampton Wanderers defence, the focus was on which attacking player would deliver the goal to end the resistance of the Premier League’s bottom side. Would it be Liam Delap? Alejandro Garnacho? Maybe Pedro Neto? Or Joao Pedro?
Enzo Maresca admitted he can see why Chelsea ’s teen sensation Estevao Willian was valued by experts this week at more than £100million. The football research experts CIES published a report this week that showed their formula valuing players had 18-year-old Estevao at £103.8m.