Pedro Neto struck within the closing moments of the sport to earn Wolves all three factors in opposition to Chelsea at Molineux.
Daniel Podence cancelled out Olivier Giroud’s opener earlier than Neto hit Chelsea on the break on the demise to finish Wolves’ comeback.
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Victory would have taken Chelsea prime however they slipped to a second-straight defeat following Saturday’s 1-0 loss at Everton.
Wolves additionally had a penalty overturned after referee Stuart Attwell initially awarded a late spot-kick for Reece James’ foul on Neto, whereas Kurt Zouma hit the crossbar for the guests within the first half.
Fabio Silva once more acquired the nod to deputise for the recovering Raul Jimenez for the hosts and had a objective dominated out for offside.
But it surely was Neto and Podence who proceed to fill the void left by Jimenez – out with a fractured cranium – and so they have scored 53 per cent of Wolves’ 13 objectives this time period as they sit two factors additional again in tenth.
In distinction, 9 of Chelsea’s beginning line-up had notched within the prime flight – though Timo Werner did not get a telling connection on Christian Pulisic’s cross after quarter-hour.
The guests dictated the early play however their greatest probability got here from a set-piece when Giroud ought to have opened the scoring after 20 minutes as an alternative of heading Ben Chilwell’s nook over.
Wolves had been pinned again however they briefly threatened when Silva’s flick allowed Neto to strike from the sting of the field however Edouard Mendy turned the ball behind.
The hosts had grown into the sport and have been holding Chelsea from feeding the damaging Giroud, whereas Kai Havertz’s influence had been minimal.
Rui Patricio didn’t have a save to make however he was virtually crushed a minute earlier than the break when Zouma’s towering header thumped the crossbar.
The rebound hit Giroud a yard out and dropped vast as Wolves survived however they have been breached simply 4 minutes after the restart.
Giroud didn’t dwell on his miss and was in place to get forward of Willy Boly and hearth in a pointy volley from Chilwell’s cross.
It caught Patricio without warning and squirmed over the road earlier than the goalkeeper clawed it again, with goal-line know-how awarding the opener.
Wolves responded nicely although and Silva had the ball within the internet solely to be denied by an accurate offside name and advantageous defending from Thiago Silva denied Boly.
Chelsea had did not construct on the opener and have been punished after 66 minutes when Wolves levelled.
Podence all the time seemed the almost definitely to encourage the hosts and the ahead struck when he offered Chilwell and James dummies earlier than his shot clipped James and flew previous Mendy at his close to submit.
It arrange a frantic end and Wolves thought that they had a penalty with 10 minutes left after Neto went down underneath James’ problem.
There was minimal contact and referee Attwell reversed his personal choice after checking the pitchside monitor.
However Wolves continued to pile ahead and located a winner in stoppage-time after they broke shortly and Neto teased Zouma earlier than drilling low into the nook.