The 23rd round of the 2023-24 Premier League season continues with Chelsea at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers. In this game, Chelsea at home collapsed and were bombarded by Wolves with four goals, including Mateus Cunha who scored a hat-trick to end up losing 4-2 at home to Wolves. Wolves beat Chelsea twice in the Premier League this season, the first time in 49 years that Chelsea have been beaten twice in the league.
Just two minutes into the game, Wolves were the first to threaten when Pedro Neto burst into the box with a shot from a tight angle that was blocked by Chelsea goalkeeper Petrovic. Just 1 minute later, Mateus Cunha's shot was confiscated by Petrovic. Chelsea, who withstood the defensive pressure in the opening minutes, cut wide in the ninth minute through Cole Palmer. In the 19th minute, Caicedo distributed the ball to Palmer, and Palmer scored to help Chelsea open the scoring, 1-0!
Wolves conceded the first goal but quickly equalised and in the 21st minute Joao Gomes set up Mateus Cunha to score 1-1 to Chelsea. Wolves, who equalised, took advantage of the opportunity to catch up, and in the 43rd minute, Ait Nouri's shot caused Disasi to own a goal and Wolves won 2-1 over Chelsea.
In the second half, Wolves continued to attack, and in the 46th minute, Neto's shot was blocked. In the 47th minute, Raheem Sterling's shot from the box went wide. In the 56th minute, Wolves won a free kick from outside the penalty area, and Saravia took a free kick directly into the goal and hit it slightly wide. In the 63rd minute, Pedro Neto stepped into the box and passed to Cunha, who scored again to complete the brace and give Wolves a 3-1 lead over Chelsea.
Chelsea, who were trailing in the scoreline, continued to suffer, and in the 80th minute, Gusto tackled Cunha in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty, Cunha himself scored a hat-trick from the penalty spot, which was the first hat-trick of Cunha's career, and Wolves made it 4-1 Chelsea. In the 86th minute, Chelsea were awarded a corner, which was headed in by Mykhailo Mudryk into the box and Thiago Silva headed home a goal that ended in a 4-2 defeat to Wolves.
Losing at home in this campaign, Chelsea suffered 2 consecutive league defeats! In addition, it was also overtaken by Wolves in the Premier League rankings, and Chelsea only got 9 wins, 4 draws, 10 points, and 31 points in the Premier League 23 rounds, ranking 11th, and Chelsea has fallen behind Liverpool at the top of the table by as many as 20 points.