Noni Madueke scored a second-half hat-trick as Chelsea crushed Wolverhampton Wanderers 6-2 away in a frenetic Premier League conflict at Molineux on Sunday.
Chelsea’s first Premier League factors of the season and the primary for brand new supervisor Enzo Maresca arrived in spectacular vogue because the guests ripped Wolves aside after the break following an absorbing first interval.
Maresca’s aspect led twice within the first half with objectives by Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer however each instances Wolves deservedly hit again by way of Matheus Cunha and Jorgen Strand Larsen.
Wolves fell half after the break, nevertheless, and Madueke took the sport past them with three objectives in quarter-hour, all of them assisted by the superb Palmer.
Joao Felix got here off the bench to mark his return to the membership along with his aspect’s sixth purpose.
A lot has been manufactured from Chelsea’s enormous squad and the puzzle Italian Maresca has been employed to unravel, however the youthful aspect he chosen on Sunday gelled impressively.
Madueke was the villain for the house followers in additional methods than one. The English ahead was booed from the beginning after a deleted social media submit during which he insulted Wolverhampton.
He silenced the hecklers in emphatic vogue, nevertheless, to get Chelsea’s league marketing campaign up and working after they have been crushed by champions Manchester Metropolis on the opening weekend.
The 22-year-old restored Chelsea’s lead within the forty ninth minute with a shot that deflected off of Rayan Ait-Nouri.
That purpose sapped the combat out of Wolves who had arguably been the higher staff within the first half and it was Palmer once more who despatched Madueke clear to slam a shot by way of the legs of Wolves keeper Jose Sa’s legs.
Madueke made it 5-2 with one other nearly equivalent purpose as Wolves conceded possession and Cole despatched him clear to finish his hat-trick.
With Wolves in disarray, Pedro Neto, who left them for Chelsea in the summertime, teed up Felix for a cool end.
