-Objectives from Kai Havertz, Christian Pulisic and Armando Broja helped Chelsea to a 3-0 win over struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge on Saturday handy new boss Graham Potter his first house win within the Premier League.
Chelsea had clinched a last-gasp win at Crystal Palace in Potter’s first league sport earlier than thumping AC Milan on Wednesday and continued their run towards managerless Wolves, with a scoreline that ultimately mirrored their dominance.
Potter made seven modifications to his beginning lineup with Tuesday’s reverse fixture towards Milan at San Siro in thoughts, however Chelsea showcased their power in depth and outclassed a lacklustre Wolves facet whose solely win this season got here towards Southampton early in September.
The victory took Chelsea to fourth within the standings with 16 factors from eight video games whereas Wolves stay 18th with six factors after three straight defeats.
“It’s tough to maintain the identical eleven with the schedule however there is a component of consistency to how we play. Actually pleased with the boys and the way we’ve recovered,” Potter mentioned.
Within the first half alone, Chelsea had 12 pictures at objective, 4 of them on track, and dominated 70% possession however struggled to make the strain depend as they have been thwarted each by their very own wastefulness and a string of high-quality saves from Jose Sa.
Wolves threatened to steal the unlikeliest of leads minutes earlier than the break by Matheus Nunes however the midfielder headed over, whereas former Chelsea striker Diego Costa missed one other uncommon likelihood after stumbling as he tried to manage the ball.
Havertz lastly discovered the breakthrough simply earlier than the half-time whistle as Sa, who was off his line, was unable to take care of his looping header that matched the equally spectacular cross from Mason Mount.
Pulisic missed a few of Chelsea’s finest possibilities and had his curling shot tipped away by Sa within the first half however made amends 10 minutes into the second, taking part in a swift one-two with Mount earlier than dinking the ball over the onrushing goalkeeper.
The guests have been by no means actually within the contest and substitute Broja hammered house a by ball from Mateo Kovacic in added time to attain his first Chelsea objective and cap an ideal afternoon for Potter.
“We would have liked that objective earlier than halftime,” Havertz mentioned. “We have now an enormous squad, lots of good gamers. We’re all collectively on this. Right now we had lots of modifications however everyone seems to be concerned in each sport.
“We have now to be optimistic, even those that don’t play. Armando will get an opportunity and scores right away… 3-0 is an efficient consequence. On the whole, I’m very completely happy.”
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