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Chelsea Destroyed the Wolves at Molineux Stadium!

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Chelsea humiliated Wolverhampton Wanderers to bounce back from their first game's defeat against Manchester City. Although the first half was quite competiti...

Chelsea Destroyed the Wolves at Molineux Stadium!

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Chelsea humiliated Wolverhampton Wanderers to bounce back from their first game's defeat against Manchester City. Although the first half was quite competitive between the two sides, Chelsea took full control in the second half and destroyed the Wolves at Molineux Stadium. With Noni Madueke's second-half hattrick, Chelsea secured a Dominating 2-6 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

As It Happened

Losing the first game, Chelsea were under pressure at Molineux Stadium today. Chelsea's new boss Enzo Maresca set up the team formation with 4-2-3-1, using Nicolas Jackson in the front. Gary O'Neil, the Wolverhampton manager, also used the same formation, where Strand Larsen led the Wolves attack. However, Chelsea surprised the home side with an early goal. It was Nicolas Jackson who gave Chelsea the early lead in just two minutes. But the home side reacted immediately, creating several chances. Finally, they found the equalizer when Matheus Cunha scored the goal in the 27th minute. But the visitors Took the lead again as Cole Palmer found the back of the net in the last minute of the first half. However, the lead was canceled with Wolves' equalizer in the injury time of the first half. Strand Larsen gave the lifeline to the home side with his stunning goal in injury time. However, Chelsea completely outplayed the home team in the second half. It was Noni Madueke who stole all the spotlight with his speedy hat trick. He gave Chelsea the lead again in just four minutes of the second half, scoring his first goal in the 49th minute. The winger completed his double within ten minutes by scoring the 4th goal of Chelsea with the help of Cole Palmer. Madueke completed his first hat-trick for Chelsea when he found the net in the 63rd minute to make the scoreline 2-5. Wolverhampton Wanderers seemed to give up the match. They were very shaky and could not organize well. Chelsea took that advantage and Made the scoreline 2-6 when Joao Felix, who joined the Blues On a permanent move from Atletico Madrid, hammered the last nail to the Wolves coffin.

Managers Reaction

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca is very pleased with Noni Madueke's brilliant performance. The manager said, "I can judge Noni’s performance, which was fantastic. Not only the second half, even the first half the first 10 or 15 minutes he was always one-v-one creating something." The manager is also happy with how he contributed in defense. "Since day one I said he’s the kind of winger I really like. He is working very good with us, but the best thing today from Noni was not the hat trick, it was the way he defended for 90 minutes the counter-attacks," Maresca added.

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