By Daily Sports Nigeria on October 8, 2022

Chelsea boss Graham Potter: "It wasn't easy. They never are in the Premier League, especially when we played on Wednesday. To recover and prepare isn't straightforward but we have a committed group that are fighting for each other. We were disappointed not to score earlier than we did. Wolves started the second half well but maybe the second goal was the breathing space we needed and then for Armando to finish it off its great for us.

"We can't succeed with just 11 players. And we can't go with 11 until they fall down then play the next ones, that won't be good for the group dynamic. The group is pushing for each other and it's important everyone knows we can't just deal with 11. It's important we have a strong group, a strong collective. It's difficult to achieve anything without that."

Chelsea had outplayed Italian title holders AC Milan here in the Champions League on Wednesday night and they were full of confidence in the early stages, with Conor Gallagher leading the charge down the right side, after darting back into his own box to make a block.

Gallagher, Havertz and Mount were all off target and Jorginho saw a shot saved by Jose Sa as Chelsea camped in the visitors' half but it was Pulisic who was most wasteful. The American saw three good moments come and go inside half an hour and slammed the turf after planting an unconvincing header over the bar. He could not have done much more with a bending shot soon after though, which had Sa at full stretch.

Wolves - who only tested Kepa with a routine stop from Joao Moutinho's free-kick and saw a Matheus Nunes header go over just before the break - thought they had survived until half-time but on the stroke of the interval, Chelsea finally got their reward.

Mount found some space out wide on the right - much to the frustration of Costa - and crossed for Havertz to pull away from Nelson Semedo and lob a header over Sa and in off the far post.

The visitors - with 20-year-old midfielder Joe Hodge thrown on for his senior debut - began the second half with energy and intent but any hope of a comeback was stalled when Pulisic converted from a swift one-two with Mount.

Wolves coaches Davis and Collins used the opportunity to give 19-year-old Chem Campbell some more Premier League minutes as the game meandered to its conclusion but after Daniel Podence passed up the chance to play in Adama Traore, Broja's late, angled finish demonstrated the cutting edge Wolves will have to find to get themselves out of trouble.

Source Sky Sports

Posted October 8, 2022

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