Chelsea 3-1 Wolves: Player ratings as unlikely goalscorers underpin much-needed Blues win
- Chelsea end five-game win-less Premier League run
- Wolves clash at Stamford Bridge ends in 3-1 Blues victory
- Defenders Tosin Adarabioyo & Marc Cucurella netted
Chelsea claimed their overdue first Premier League win of 2025 on Monday night, successfully seeing off a Wolverhampton Wanderers side hopeless at defending set-pieces.
Enzo Maresca hadn't seen his team emerge victorious in a league context since a narrow win over Brentford on 15 December, more than a month earlier, failing to pick up maximum points in five games against Everton, Fulham, Ipswich Town, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth.
The Blues did take the lead in this one, Tosin Adarabioyo's first league goal as a Chelsea player with a helping hand from VAR that confirmed the centre-back onside after the strike was initially ruled out.
The ever up and down Robert Sanchez fumbled what ought to have been a straightforward catch from a corner deep into first half stoppage time that handed Wolves a lifeline as Matt Doherty poked in. But Marc Cucurella's unorthodox close-range finish on his 100th Premier League appearance restored Chelsea's lead at the hour mark and they never looked back from that point.
Noni Madueke scored against Wolves for the fourth time this season, having netted a hat-trick in the reverse fixture, harshly poached a goal-bound header from the recalled Trevoh Chalobah. Nicolas Jackson also had the ball in the net late on, only to see an offside flag correctly raised.
Chelsea player ratings vs Wolves (4-2-3-1)
Player | Rating |
|---|---|
GK: Robert Sanchez | 6.2/10 |
RB: Reece James (c) | 8.3/10 |
CB: Tosin Adarabioyo | 8.0/10 |
CB: Trevoh Chalobah | 8.4/10 |
LB: Marc Cucurella | 8.0/10 |
CM: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | 7.4/10 |
CM: Moises Caicedo | 7.5/10 |
RM: Noni Madueke | 7.4/10 |
AM: Cole Palmer | 7.0/10 |
LM: Pedro Neto | 6.4/10 |
ST: Nicolas Jackson | 6.9/10 |
SUB: Jadon Sancho (62' for Neto) | 6.4/10 |
SUB: Malo Gusto (77' for Dewsbury-Hall) | 6.7/10 |
SUB: Axel Disasi (77' for James) | 6.2/10 |
SUB: Joao Felix (84' for Palmer) | N/A |
SUB: Tyrique George (84' for Madueke) | N/A |
Subs not used: Filip Jorgensen (GK), Josh Acheampong, Christopher Nkunku, Marc Guiu.
Wolves player ratings vs Chelsea (3-4-2-1)
Player | Rating |
|---|---|
GK: Jose Sa | 6.2/10 |
CB: Matt Doherty | 7.6/10 |
CB: Santiago Bueno | 5.5/10 |
CB: Emmanuel Agbadou | 6.4/10 |
RM: Nelson Semedo (c) | 6.0/10 |
CM: Andre | 6.2/10 |
CM: Joao Gomes | 8.0/10 |
LM: Rayan Ait-Nouri | 6.7/10 |
AM: Pablo Sarabia | 6.3/10 |
AM: Matheus Cunha | 6.6/10 |
ST: Jorgen Strand Larsen | 6.2/10 |
SUB: Goncalo Guedes (74' for Sarabia) | 6.0/10 |
SUB: Rodrigo Gomes (74' for Ait-Nouri) | 6.7/10 |
SUB: Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (74' for Andre) | 6.0/10 |
Subs not used: Sam Johnstone (GK), Craig Dawson, Pedro Lima, Thomas Doyle, Carlos Forbs, Hwang Hee-chan.
Player of the match - Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea)
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