NEW DELHI:
Wolverhampton Wanderers
on Sunday continued their stellar home form with a 2-1 win over Chelsea in the
Premier League
, courtesy second-half strikes from
Mario Lemina
and
Matt Doherty
.
Lemina headed in a Pablo Sarabia corner six minutes after halftime to give Wolves the lead before Doherty secured the win for Wolves with a second goal in added time.
Christopher Nkunku netted a consolation goal for Chelsea, his first for the London club since his close-season move, but Mauricio Pochettino's side could not find an equaliser as they fell to their eighth league defeat of the season.
The victory moved Wolves up to 11th, level with 10th-placed Chelsea on 22 points but trailing the London side on goal difference
There were chances at both ends early in the game.
Nelson Samedo burst forward but could not find Matheus Cunha on the left before Armando Broja stumbled on the ball in the box at the other end when well placed.
Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson was also guilty of failing to make the most of some good openings.
Chelsea wasted a gilt-edged opportunity to take the lead shortly after the half-hour mark when Raheem Sterling caught Joao Gomes in possession 40 yards out and drove forward.
The England forward was one-on-one with Jose Sa with two players to his right but he opted to shoot rather than pass and it was saved by the Wolves goalkeeper.
Wolves had a chance to break the deadlock in the closing moments of the half when Hwang Hee-chan burst through but he blasted over from an angle.
The home side started the second half brightly and came within a whisker of taking the lead when Chelsea's Lesley Ugochukwu deflected Joao Gomes's shot onto the outside of the post.
But they broke the deadlock in the 51st minute when Lemina did not even need to get off the ground to head a Pablo Sarabia corner home.
Substitute Nkunku came agonisingly close to equalising when his shot was hacked off the line.
Instead, Wolves doubled their lead in stoppage time.
Substitute Hugo Bueno crossed and Chelsea were only able to block the ball as far as the waiting Doherty, who finished calmly from close range.
France international Nkunku pulled one back when he headed home in the 96th minute but Gary O'Neil's side hung on to take all three points.
(With inputs from AFP)
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