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Full time: Chelsea 3-0 Wolves<\/p>\n
Premier League:<\/strong> Booed off at the break having failed to break the deadlock despite their crushing dominance, Chelsea got their act together in the second half and won courtesy of goals from Malo Gusto, Joao Pedro and Pedro Neto.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+3 min:<\/strong> Even Sam Johnstone in the Wolves goal appears to be trying to run down the clock, dawdling over a kick-out and more or less imploring Andrew Kitchen to blow the final whistle. The referee obliges and Chelsea move up to second in the Premier League<\/a> table. Wolves remain anchored to the bottom, eight points from safety.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+2 min:<\/strong> Chelsea<\/a> win a late corner courtesy of Jamie Gittens. Estavao takes it short as his side run down the clock.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 89 min:<\/strong> The number of Premier League<\/a> teams who have avoided relegation after acquiring just two points from their opening 10 games of a Premier League season: 0.<\/p>\n The number of points Wolves will have after their opening 11 games of this Premier League season: 2.<\/p>\n No pressure, Rob.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.54 EST<\/p>\n 85 min:<\/strong> With very good reason, Mateus Mane looks incredulous as he\u2019s blatantly bundled over over on the edge of the Chelsea<\/a> box by Chalobah but has a free-kick awarded against him because he landed on the ball and touched it with his hands. Moments later, Munetsi drags a low shot from distance narrowly wide of the left upright.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 83 min:<\/strong> Chelsea<\/a> double-substitution: Jamie Gittens and Andrey Santos on for Enzo Fernandez and Joao Pedro.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 81 min:<\/strong> Chelsea<\/a> corner. Reece James sends the ball into the penalty area as the Stamford Bridge stewards take up their end-of-match positions. Wolves struggle to clear the corner and Estevao sends a cross from the left fizzing towards Guiu. The Spaniard is unable to connect and steer the ball goalwards.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 79 min: <\/strong>Marshall Munetsi is booked for a foul on Joao Pedro, bodychecking the Brazilian while simultaneously stamping on his instep. Naughty.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 78 min:<\/strong> Joao Pedro\u2019s low shot is saved by Sam Johnstone, who lets the ball squirm under his body. Marc Guiu pounces to try and poke it over the line from close range but hits the foot of the post.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 77 min:<\/strong> Chelsea<\/a> double-substitution: Malo Gusto and Pedro Neto make way for Reece James and Mark Guiu.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Chelsea 3-0 Wolves (Pedro Neto 73)<\/p>\n Chelsea score again!<\/strong> Some excellent, lightning quick play down the left flank takes Alejandro Garnacho clear of two Wolves defenders and he squares the ball for Pedro Neto, whose task from six yards could not be more simple. The former Wolves favourite doesn\u2019t think twice about celebrating against the team with whom he made his name in England. He\u2019s delighted!<\/p>\n Pedro Neto of Chelsea (right) celebrates with teammate Alejandro Garnacho after scoring their side’s third goal of the game. Photograph: George Tewkesbury\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.37 EST<\/p>\n 70 min:<\/strong> Wolves double-substitution: Mateus Mane and Marshall Munetsi on for Hwang Hee-chan and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.A product of the youth team coached by interim manager James Collins, it\u2019s only Mane\u2019s second senior appearance for Wolves.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 68 min:<\/strong> Estevao and Malo Gusto combine well down the right but Santiago Bueno charges out of defence to take the ball away from the rampaging Chelsea<\/a> right back before he can get a cross in.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Chelsea 2-0 Wolves (Joao Pedro 65)<\/p>\n Chelsea double their lead!<\/strong> Only on the pitch a matter of moments, Estevao picks up the ball on the right, jinks this way and that to get a yard on two defenders and plays a cross inside to Joao Pedro. The unmarked Brazilian swings his right boot to fire the ball past Sam Johnstone from about eight yards out.<\/p>\n Joao Pedro scores their second goal past Sam Johnstone. Photograph: David Klein\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.31 EST<\/p>\n 64 min: <\/strong>Chelsea win a corner which they waste. Liam Delap\u2019s number goes up and he is replaced by Estevao, who has spent the last five minutes on the touchline feigning interest in a tactics tutorial conducted by a member of Chelsea\u2019s coaching stap with iPad in hand.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.26 EST<\/p>\n 62 min:<\/strong> Strand Larsen plays the ball wide to Belegarde, whose return cross is headed clear by Chalobah. Somebody in the Wolves dug-out seems to have flicked a switch or put 50p in the meter because since going a goal down they\u2019ve turned into 1970s-era Brazil.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 60 min:<\/strong> A Ladislav Krejci pass out of defence in intercepted by Joao Pedro but Wolves immediately win the ball back. Moises Caicedo is booked for an over-zealous challenge on Joao Gomes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 58 min:<\/strong> Hugo Bueno drills a low ball into the Chelsea<\/a> penalty area from the left, trying to pick out Jorgen Strand Larsen. The ball is hoofed clear. Like the Stamford Bridge crowd, the players of Wolves have also perked up and are playing their best attacking football of this game. It\u2019s a low bar, mind.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 55 min:<\/strong> The Stamford Bridge crowd have perked up considerably, having seen their team take the lead. They are further enthused when Trevoh Chalobah channels his inner Gandalf and stands firm in the face of a promising dart down the inside left by Hwang Hee-chan with the ball at his feet: \u201cThou shalt not pass!\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Wolves (Gusto 51)<\/p>\n Chelsea take the lead!<\/strong> It\u2019s been in the post but it comes from a most unlikely source. Alejandro Garnacho sends an excellent cross from the left towards the far post, where an unmarked Gusto nods past a dithering Sam Johnstone from close range. It\u2019s his first goal as a senior professional footballer!<\/p>\n Malo Gusto of Chelsea scores their side\u2019s first goal of the game. Photograph: George Tewkesbury\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.18 EST<\/p>\n 50 min:<\/strong> Chelsea<\/a> win a corner, which is played short. Whatever they had planned goes awry, unless their plan was to get the ball back to the feet of their goalkeeper Robert Sanchez as quickly as possible. The crowd make no secret of their displeasure at this lack of derring-do.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 49 min:<\/strong> Andre is booked for a shoulder barge on Pedro Neto, picking up his third yellow card of the season. It\u2019s a fair kop \u2013 he made no attempt to get the ball as the Chelsea<\/a> winger galloped past him.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 48 min:<\/strong> Wolves win a throw-in deep in Chelsea<\/a> territory and within seconds the ball is back at the feet of their own goalkeeper, Sam Johnstone. Make of that what you will.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Second half: Chelsea 0-0 Wolves<\/p>\n 46 min:<\/strong> Play resumes with Chelsea<\/a> on the ball and no changes in personnel on either side. Pedro Neto does well to beat his man down the left and drill a low cross towards the near post but a tightly marked Liam Delap is unable to steer a shot on target with his back to goal and from a very tight angle.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Chelsea 0-0 Wolves<\/p>\n Half-time:<\/strong> Well, now. Quite how Wolves have made it to half-time without coneding is anyone\u2019s guess but they\u2019re still in this game, albeit hanging by a thread. Sam Johnstone has made a couple of good saves to keep them in the match and Chelsea<\/a> have had a corner cleared off the line, but the home fans are not happy. They boo their players off the pitch with the scores still level after 45 minutes.<\/p>\n Big yawn: Chelsea missing him? Photograph: Paul Phelan\/ProSports\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.57 EST<\/p>\n 45+3 min:<\/strong> Joao Gomes concedes a fre-kick about 35 yards from his own goal with a foul on Joao Pedro. The ball\u2019s slipped short to Malo Gusto, who lofts into the Wolves penalty area. It\u2019s headed clear and referee Andrew Kitchen blows for half-time.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 44 min:<\/strong> Joao Pedro drags a shot wide of the left upright from the edge of the area after a blocked shot breaks his way. He should have hit the target and doesn\u2019t he know it? The Brazilian sends a volley of loud \u2018effs\u201d and \u201cjeffs\u201d sailing into the night sky over Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 42 min:<\/strong> A low Hugo Bueno cross from the left is intercepted by Gusto, who gets enough on the ball to prevent it makoing it\u2019s way to the six-yard box but not enough on it to put it out for a corner. Excellent defending, I suppose.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 40 min:<\/strong> Gusto limps to the touchline but seems fit to continue. Chelsea<\/a> win a corner, which Wolves head clear.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37 min:<\/strong> Copy + paste: Chelsea<\/a> continue to press and probe on the edge of the final third as Wolves drop back and keep all 11 of their players behind the ball. The visitors have done well to repel Chelsea thus far but you can almost hear the loud creaks emanating from the massed ranks of their defence.<\/p>\n Malo Gusto is lying on the floor pounding the turf in pain after what looked like a nothing-challenge\/coming-together with Joao Gomes. There\u2019s a break in play as the Chelsea right-back receives treatment. I\u2019m not sure what happened to him but he looks to be in a lot of pain.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 33 min:<\/strong> Chelsea<\/a> continue to press and probe on the edge of the final third as Wolves drop back and keep all 11 of their players behind the ball. The visitors have done well to repel Chelsea thus far but you can almost hear the loud creaks emanating from the massed ranks of their defence.<\/p>\n Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Sam Johnstone makes a save. Photograph: George Tewkesbury\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.37 EST<\/p>\n 31 min: <\/strong>Jorgen Strand Larsen wins a corner for his team when what looked like a very half-hearted effort to square the ball to Hwang Hee-chan was blocked by a Chelsea<\/a> defender. Nothing comes of it, as Robert Sanchez catches the inswinger.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 29 min:<\/strong> Garnacho tries to curl a shot goalwards from just outside the Wolves penalty area but his shot is blocked.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 27 min:<\/strong> Joao Pedro makes a darting, beautifully timed run in behind the Wolves defence in a bid to latch on to a lofted Caicedo seven-iron from deep. There\u2019s a mite too much welly on the pass and Sam Johnstone is first to the dropping ball.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 26 min:<\/strong> The deadlock remains intact for now but one suspects that when \u2013 rather than if \u2013 Wolves concede, this could turn into a bloodbath.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 22 min:<\/strong> Wolves goalkeeper Sam Johnstone is forced into a double save from Garnacho\u2019s shot from a tight angle and an Enzo Fernandez shot from distance on the follow-up. Moments later, Tchatchoua clears one off the line for Wolves as Fernandez almost scores directly from a corner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 21 min:<\/strong> Jean-RIcner Bellegarde and Cucurella go down in a tangle of limbs and Chelsea<\/a> win a free-kick wide on the left in a good position. They take it short and quickly \u2026 and quite frankly, it\u2019s a bit of a waste.<\/p>\n Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Hugo Bueno in action with Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo. Photograph: Paul Childs\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.24 EST<\/p>\n 19 min:<\/strong> Jackson Tchatchoua tries to hoy a cross from the right into the Chelsea<\/a> penalty area from the right flank but it takes a big deflection off Cucurella and the hosts are able to clear their lines.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 18 min:<\/strong> Chelsea<\/a> continue to pile on the pressure but Malo Gusto\u2019s latest delivery into the Wolves penalty area is headed away by Santiago Bueno.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 14 min:<\/strong> Wesley Fofana canters upfield with the ball at his feet before losing possession and prompting a Wolves counter-attack which comes to naught when the young French defender gets back to put a stop to Jorgen Strand Larsen\u2019s gallop.<\/p>\n Should Chelsea<\/a> win today, they will get three points, 44 fewer than Fofana has on his driving licence after his latest court appearance for yet another offence behind the wheel.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.19 EST<\/p>\n 11 min:<\/strong> There appear to be seven or eight Enzo Fernandezes on the pitch and one of them plays a sensational pass up the inside left to Garnacho from deep. The Spaniard\u2019s pull-back from the byline into the penalty area is intercepted and cleared.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 9 min:<\/strong> Liam Delap has a shot blocked on the edge of the Wolves penalty area after having the ball played to his feet by Fernandez. Wolves are on the ropes and getting pummeled already.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 7 min:<\/strong> After good work by Malo Gusto down the right, the ball breaks to Cucurella, who shoots goalwards. Enzo Fernandez stoops to try and divert the shot past Johnstone but sends his effort wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.10 EST<\/p>\n 6 min:<\/strong> It\u2019s all Chelsaea early doors, with Wolves struggling to get the ball out of their own half. Garnacho and Marco Cucurella combine down the left before switching play to the right wing. Pedro Neto slings a cross into the Wolves penalty area but it\u2019s headed clear.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 4 min:<\/strong> Sam Johnstone is forced into action again, as Fernandez plays a beautifully weighted pass into the path of Alejandro Garnacho, who should have done better.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 3 min:<\/strong> Chelsea<\/a> win a free-kick just outside the Wolves penalty area on the left-hand side. Enzo Fernadez whips the ball goalwards and it\u2019s bound for the top corner but Sam Johnstone palms it away for a corner. Nothing comes of the set-piece, which is taken by the former Wolves legend Pedro Neto.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Chelsea v Wolves is go …<\/p>\n 1 min:<\/strong> Wolves get the ball rolling, still looking for their first win of the season. Their players are in their customary kit of Old Gold shirts, black short and old gold socks. Fun fact: they changed their shirts to that colour some time in the 1950s, all the better for their players to stand out ifrom opponents in matches broadcast on black and white TV.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Remembrance Sunday:<\/strong> Ahead of kick-off, there\u2019s some organised pomp and ceremony by assorted military folk to remember the fallen ahead of Remembrance Sunday tomorrow. There\u2019s a minute\u2019s silence, followed by a rendition of the Last Post. Unsurprisingly, the solemnity of the occasion is impeccably observed by all present.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Not long now:<\/strong> After that cracking match between Sunderland and Arsenal<\/a>, Chelsea and Wolves have a hard act to follow to justify their top billing on today\u2019s Premier League bill. The teams are out on the Stamford Bridge pitch and kick-off is just a few minutes away.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Full time: Sunderland 2-2 Arsenal <\/strong>Sunderland continue to put the Black Cats among the Premier League<\/a> pigeons by taking a thoroughly deserved point from their home match against Arsenal, who now lead the table by seven points from Manchester City and tonight\u2019s hosts. City have a game in hand, host Liverpool tomorrow and will reduce the deficit to four if they can beat the reigning champions.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.44 EST<\/p>\n Sunderland 2-2 Arsenal:<\/strong> They\u2019re still playing at the Stadium of Light, where Sunderland substitute Brian Brobbey has just outmuscled Gabriel to score an acrobatic equaliser in the fourth minute of added time. Oof!<\/p>\n \u201cBrobbey! Brobbey! Brobbey!\u201d Photograph: Perfect Picture\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.36 EST<\/p>\n James Collins:<\/strong> \u201cWe were determined not to [approach the game like] it\u2019s a week\u2019s holiday and then a new manager comes in,\u201d said the Wolves interim coach. \u201cWe had to make sure that we prepared properly for the game this weekend. It\u2019s a Premier League<\/a> game that can be won. That was the message to the players, and they\u2019ve responded brilliantly. They\u2019ve been unbelievably receptive to what we\u2019ve done with them.\u201d<\/p>\n On the departure of Vitor Pereira: \u201cVitor and his staff were brilliant with me, they welcomed us to watch training, they welcomed us to be around it and they welcomed us into meetings. They were enthusiastic about the U21s, and getting players through. I can\u2019t speak highly enough of them; they were brilliant people and good coaches.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes in football, it is dictated by results and in the end, if you keep losing you lose your job. They understand that, but they did their job diligently. Great people and they treated me with great respect. I wish them well.\u201d<\/p>\n James Collins is in interim charge of Wolves tonight at Stamford Bridge following the departure of Vitor Pereira and apparently ahead of the arrival of Rob Edwards. Photograph: Paul Phelan\/ProSports\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Enzo Maresca:<\/strong> Wayne Rooney can\u2019t say anything right for saying something wrong at the moment and was set up for an ambush by Virgil van Dijk, whose leadership qualities he recently criticised, while working as a pundit on Amazon Prime on Tuesday. Following Chelsea\u2019s draw at Qarabag in a game they could have lost at the death, Rooney questioned Enzo Maresca\u2019s rotation policy. The subject of Rooney\u2019s criticism was raised at the Chelsea<\/a> manager\u2019s press conference yesterday.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are in a moment, in an era, when anyone can say what they want,\u201d he said. \u201cI completely respect that. I also said after the Qarabag game that, since I joined the club, it\u2019s also my view to rotate players, and no-one complained. And the moment that you don\u2019t win games, I can understand no-one is agreeing.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that when the rotation is Andrey Santos, Brazil international player; Jorrel Hato, Holland international player; Estevao, Brazil international player it\u2019s not about rotation. They are good, talented and young. For sure, when they are young, you have to give them the chance to make some mistakes to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n Enzo Maresca has mounted a robust and eloquent defence of his Chelsea squad rotation policy. Photograph: Bradley Collyer\/PAShare<\/a>Tonight\u2019s match officials<\/p>\n Referee:<\/strong> Andrew Kitchen<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Referee\u2019s assistants:<\/strong> Adrian Holmes and Wade Smith<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Fourth official:<\/strong> Anthony Taylor<\/p>\n<\/li>\n VAR:<\/strong> Darren England<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n