Relegation beckons when all it takes to undo 51 minutes of hard graft is a blow from a full-back hardly known for terrifying opposition defences. Wolves, though, are scared of everything these days. They are in a miserable state – so much so that Rob Edwards might want to think twice about leaving Middlesbrough to take charge at Molineux – and ended this game looking beaten, miserable and destined for the drop.
It turned into a rout once Malo Gusto popped up at the start of the second half to give Chelsea the lead with the first senior goal of his career. The right-back had not scored in 165 games for club and country but Wolves made it easy for him. Nobody reacted when Alejandro Garnacho, who finished with two assists for the first time in a Premier League game, swung in a cross from the left. The marking was dreadful and it did not need Gusto to be the best finisher in the world when he set Chelsea on the path to victory by heading past Sam Johnstone from close range.
