Noni Madueke scored a hat-trick to lead Chelsea to a 6-2 win in an entertaining Premier League encounter at the Molineux Stadium on Sunday. The England U-21 star continued his impressive form from midweek when he came off the bench to score the second goal against Servette in the Europa Conference League play-off on Thursday.....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
Maresca handed him his first Premier League start of the season after he missed out against Manchester City, and the former PSV star repaid his coach’s trust with a match-winning hat-trick.
Nicolas Jackson gave Chelsea the lead after 98 seconds with a well-placed header before Cunha equalised with a low finish in the 27th minute.
Palmer restored Chelsea’s lead with a brilliant lob from 30-yards on the stroke of halftime. Wolves pegged the visitors back again with a goal from Jorgen Strand Larsen to make it 2-2 going into halftime.
Madueke turned the game around with a 14-minute hat-trick all assisted by Cole Palmer.
Substitute João Felix put the icing on the cake with a thumping finish on his second debut for Chelsea.
Chelsea coach, Enzo Maresca was delighted with his team’s performance after earning their first Premier League win of the season in style.
He said, “The performance was good. I think the first half was not a complete performance, we started well in the first 10 to 15 minutes, we scored a goal and had two or three more chances.
“Then we lost a few easy balls. When you want to build from behind you cannot allow yourself to lose easy balls otherwise you concede set pieces and counter attacks. You need to be more accurate.
“Second half the team was more accurate. They did not give away any easy balls and overall the performance was good.”
He expressed his admiration for hat-trick hero, Madueke.
Maresca said: “I really like Noni. He is that kind of winger that I like. The most important thing he did today was the run back to stop a counter attack at 90 minutes. That shows the mentality of the player and of the team.”
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Chelsea will return to action against Servette in the second leg of the Europa Conference League play-off on Thursday before taking on Crystal Palace on Sunday at Stamford Bridge.
