Despite Nkunku scoring his first goal for the Blues, Chelsea lost 2-1 at Wolves and slipped to 10th place in the Premier League. The 19 Premier League defeats in 2023 make them one of the Premier League teams with the most defeats in 2023.
Before the Wolves match, Chelsea's form improved with successive Premier League and Carling Cup wins over Sheffield United and Newcastle United. However, away to Wolves, Chelsea has once again exposed the old problem of difficult goals.
In the first half, Wolves had only one shot on goal, while Chelsea squandered many chances to open the scoring, and Sterling even squandered the chance to play three on one. After the interval, the game was completely different.
In just six minutes, the Wolves had eight shots on goal. Chelsea would have conceded three minutes into the second half if Ugociuku had not reached out to keep out Gomez's shot and escaped the penalty.
However, relying on two consecutive corners, Wolves still knocked the Chelsea goal, Le Mina head the crowd a little more alert, the ball flew into the goal.
In the 93rd minute of stoppage time, Badiacile missed a clearance, and Docherty scored a powerful goal to seal the victory for Wolves. Nkunku later recovered a point for the Blues, but Chelsea still lost to Wolves on Christmas Eve.
After this defeat, Chelsea created a series of humiliating records. First, after the defeat to Wolves, Chelsea will now have 19 Premier League defeats in 2023, equalling Bournemouth, Fulham and Nottingham Forest for the most defeats in 2023.
Second, Chelsea suffered their fourth consecutive Premier League away defeat, the first time that has happened since they suffered five straight away defeats in 2000. Third, Chelsea have never won four Premier League away games on Christmas Eve, scoring one draw and losing three.
Fourth, Chelsea have lost two consecutive league games to Wolves for the first time since 1975. Fifth, Chelsea has never won the last 4 away games against Wolves, and only achieved 1 draw and 3 losses.
After the defeat, Chelsea are 10th in the table and rely only on goal difference to stay ahead of Wolves. It is quite interesting that Manchester United is in the first place with 28 points, and like Chelsea, it has lost 8 games in 18 rounds, which can be called a difficult brother.
