Chelsea Survive Late Scare to Beat Wolves in Carabao Cup Thriller
Chelsea survived a chaotic end to edge previous Wolves 4-3 within the Carabao Cup final 16, sealing their place within the quarter-finals after almost throwing away a dominant first-half lead.
The Blues seemed to be cruising after Andrey Santos, Tyrique George, and Estevão Willian fired them right into a 3-0 benefit by halftime.
Nonetheless, the second half descended into chaos as Wolves mounted a fierce comeback amid loud protests from dwelling followers towards supervisor Vitor Pereira and the membership’s possession.
Wolves supporters, livid with their aspect’s poor league type, turned on the staff early — chanting “We wish Fosun out” and “You’re getting sacked within the morning” — as Chelsea struck twice inside quarter-hour.
Santos opened the scoring together with his first purpose for the membership, making the most of a calamitous 30-yard backpass from Tolu Arokodare, earlier than George completed off a flowing transfer created by Jamie Gittens.
Estevão Willian made it 3-0 simply earlier than the break with a composed lob over José Sá, seemingly ending the competition. However Pereira’s second-half substitutions — together with Rodrigo Gomes, Marshall Munetsi, and Ladislav Krejčí — reignited Wolves.
Arokodare pulled one again seconds after the restart, earlier than David Møller Wolfe volleyed in a second from Yerson Mosquera’s lengthy throw to arrange an exhilarating finale.
Chelsea had been compelled to introduce common starters Enzo Fernández, Marc Cucurella, Pedro Neto, and Moisés Caicedo to regular the ship, however even that wasn’t sufficient to calm nerves.
Returning striker Liam Delap was despatched off late on after choosing up two yellow playing cards, earlier than Gittens’ beautiful volley restored Chelsea’s two-goal cushion.
Nonetheless, the drama wasn’t over — Wolfe struck once more only a minute later to make it 4-3, organising a frantic six minutes of stoppage time. The Blues, nevertheless, held on to outlive the scare and safe their spot within the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
Chelsea Survive Late Scare to Beat Wolves in Carabao Cup Thriller