Things have rarely been this comfortable at Stamford Bridge for Chelsea in 2022. Consecutive 3-0 victories with little stress heading into the final 20 minutes felt almost abnormal to witness. Things are not supposed to be this simple.
You were expecting something to change, a manic VAR call or a baffling individual error to enable a seemingly clueless opponent back into a contest that should have been dead. That is exactly what happened back in May when Wolves were 2-0 down in the second half, this time though there would be no reprieve.
The ease of the contest was probably summed up in five second-half minutes as Mason Mount and Christian Pulisic danced around Wolves challenges to orchestrate a sumptuous second. Before the returning hero, Diego Costa, savoured a true lap of honour almost like it was his own testimonial.
