{"id":403322,"date":"2023-12-24T15:33:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T15:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/12\/24\/premier-league-wolves-inflict-christmas-misery-on-chelsea-football-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-12-24T15:33:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T15:33:47","slug":"premier-league-wolves-inflict-christmas-misery-on-chelsea-football-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/12\/24\/premier-league-wolves-inflict-christmas-misery-on-chelsea-football-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League: Wolves inflict Christmas misery on Chelsea | Football News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-106253760,imgsize-118116.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <!-- -->Wolverhampton Wanderers<!-- --> on Sunday continued their stellar home form with a 2-1 win over Chelsea in the <!-- -->Premier League<!-- -->, courtesy second-half strikes from <!-- -->Mario Lemina<!-- --> and <!-- -->Matt Doherty<!-- -->.<br \/>Lemina headed in a Pablo Sarabia corner six minutes after halftime to give Wolves the lead before Doherty secured the win for Wolves with a second goal in added time.<br \/>Christopher Nkunku netted a consolation goal for Chelsea, his first for the London club since his close-season move, but Mauricio Pochettino&#8217;s side could not find an equaliser as they fell to their eighth league defeat of the season.<br \/>The victory moved Wolves up to 11th, level with 10th-placed Chelsea on 22 points but trailing the London side on goal difference<br \/>There were chances at both ends early in the game.<br \/>Nelson Samedo burst forward but could not find Matheus Cunha on the left before Armando Broja stumbled on the ball in the box at the other end when well placed.<br \/>Chelsea&#8217;s Nicolas Jackson was also guilty of failing to make the most of some good openings.<br \/>Chelsea wasted a gilt-edged opportunity to take the lead shortly after the half-hour mark when Raheem Sterling caught Joao Gomes in possession 40 yards out and drove forward.<br \/>The England forward was one-on-one with Jose Sa with two players to his right but he opted to shoot rather than pass and it was saved by the Wolves goalkeeper.<br \/>Wolves had a chance to break the deadlock in the closing moments of the half when Hwang Hee-chan burst through but he blasted over from an angle.<br \/>The home side started the second half brightly and came within a whisker of taking the lead when Chelsea&#8217;s Lesley Ugochukwu deflected Joao Gomes&#8217;s shot onto the outside of the post.<br \/>But they broke the deadlock in the 51st minute when Lemina did not even need to get off the ground to head a Pablo Sarabia corner home.<br \/>Substitute Nkunku came agonisingly close to equalising when his shot was hacked off the line.<br \/>Instead, Wolves 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