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Frank Lampard made a losing return to the Chelsea hot-seat as Wolverhampton Wanderers eased their relegation worries with a hard-earned victory.
Chelsea legend Lampard was predictably given a rapturous reception from the travelling fans at Molineux following his appointment as interim head coach 18 months after being sacked from the role.
Yet the club’s all-time record scorer was unable to stop the poor form that led to Graham Potter’s sacking as mid-table Chelsea slumped to an 11th top-flight defeat of the season after failing to score for the third successive game.
Wolves were on the front-foot throughout and deserved their win which came after a sweet finish by Matheus Nunes, the Portugal midfielder’s first goal for the club since joining from Sporting Lisbon last August.
Nunes, who cost a club record £38m, beat Kepa Arrizabalaga with a fierce attempt from the tightest of angles after an attempted headed clearance by Kalidou Koulibaly.
Joao Felix forced a save from Jose Sa but Chelsea were disappointing and remain 11th after just two wins in 11 league games.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
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Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
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Squad number15Player nameDawson
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Squad number23Player nameKilman
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Squad number24Player nameToti
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Squad number27Player nameMatheus Nunes
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Squad number35Player nameJoão Gomes
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Squad number5Player nameLemina
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Squad number10Player nameDaniel Podence
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Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha
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Squad number29Player nameDiego Costa
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Squad number4Player nameCollins
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Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan
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Squad number21Player nameSarabia
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Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho
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Squad number37Player nameTraoré
Chelsea
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Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
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Squad number24Player nameJames
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Squad number33Player nameFofana
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Squad number26Player nameKoulibaly
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Squad number32Player nameCucurella
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Squad number23Player nameGallagher
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Squad number5Player nameFernández
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Squad number8Player nameKovacic
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Squad number17Player nameSterling
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Squad number29Player nameHavertz
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Squad number11Player nameJoão Félix
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Squad number9Player nameAubameyang
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Squad number10Player namePulisic
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Squad number14Player nameChalobah
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Squad number15Player nameMudryk
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Squad number21Player nameChilwell
Line-ups
Wolves
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Sá
- 22Nélson Semedo
- 15Dawson
- 23Kilman
- 24Gomes
- 27NunesSubstituted forCollinsat 90+6′minutes
- 35João GomesBooked at 59mins
- 5LeminaBooked at 39minsSubstituted forTraoréat 74′minutes
- 10PodenceSubstituted forJoão Moutinhoat 64′minutes
- 12Matheus CunhaSubstituted forSarabiaat 75′minutes
- 29Diego CostaSubstituted forHwang Hee-chanat 63′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Collins
- 7Neto
- 11Hwang Hee-chan
- 21Sarabia
- 25Bentley
- 28João Moutinho
- 37Traoré
- 59Hodge
- 64Bueno
Chelsea
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 24James
- 33FofanaSubstituted forChalobahat 80′minutes
- 26Koulibaly
- 32CucurellaBooked at 49minsSubstituted forChilwellat 68′minutesBooked at 89mins
- 23GallagherBooked at 67mins
- 5Fernández
- 8KovacicBooked at 87mins
- 17SterlingBooked at 63minsSubstituted forMudrykat 68′minutes
- 29HavertzSubstituted forPulisicat 61′minutes
- 11João FélixSubstituted forAubameyangat 67′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Badiashile
- 9Aubameyang
- 10Pulisic
- 12Loftus-Cheek
- 14Chalobah
- 15Mudryk
- 16Mendy
- 20Zakaria
- 21Chilwell
- Referee:
- Peter Bankes
- Attendance:
- 31,614
Live Text
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Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Chelsea 0.
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Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Chelsea 0.
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Hand ball by Ben Chilwell (Chelsea).
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Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nathan Collins replaces Matheus Nunes because of an injury.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Attempt missed. Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
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Foul by Conor Gallagher (Chelsea).
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João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
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Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Nélson Semedo.
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Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
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Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match (Chelsea).
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Attempt blocked. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Reece James with a cross.
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Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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