Wolverhampton surprises Chelsea

Chelsea suffered a second defeat, after a fatal fall to Wolverhampton 1-2 at the opening of the thirteenth stage of the English Premier League on Tuesday, failing to take the lead over their neighbors Tottenham, not even during the previous 24 hours to the summit meeting between the latter and Liverpool at Anfield.

And Chelsea stayed at 22 points in fifth place, 3 points behind Tottenham and Liverpool.

The two teams entered the match, demanding victory, as Wolverhampton lost in their last two games to Liverpool 0-4 and Aston Villa 0-1, while Chelsea lost 1-0 to Everton on the final matchday.

Wolverhampton’s Mexican forward Raúl Jiménez remained absent after suffering a skull fracture that forced him to operate at the end of last month, while veteran Portuguese midfielder Joao Moutinho missed out on being sent off in his team’s last game.

On the other hand, Chelsea manager Frank Lampard made a change only to the team that lost to Everton by entering American winger Christian Pulisic in place of Croatian Matteo Kovacic.

The first half was marked by the monotony of the two teams, and the most dangerous opportunity for Chelsea was a header from French defender Kurt Zuma, who was blocked by the crossbar in the last minute.

Chelsea managed to score the first goal after a joint match between German Timo Werner and left-back Ben Chilwell, so he passed the ball into the area and shot on the march of Frenchman Olivier Giroud.

Giro and raised his goal score to 8 this season in various competitions.

And the owners of the field thought they had tied through the young Portuguese forward Fabio Silva, but the referee did not count the goal for offside (55).

But the other Portuguese, Daniel Bodans, did it after a solo effort within the region before launching a shot that could not stop him, Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy (66).

The referee awarded a penalty in Wolverhampton’s favor after the individual effort of Portuguese Pedro Neto, who walked the ball from midfield before Reese James tackled it, but the referee quickly reversed his decision after referring to the assistant referee video, ” VAR “(81).

However, Neto managed to deliver a knockout blow to Chelsea when he took advantage of a quick counterattack and dodged Zuma before striking a ball that was trailing towards the net with his left in added time (5 + 90).