Chelsea defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 6-2 on the road in a frantic Premier League match at Molineux on Sunday.
Noni Madueke calmed the supporters with a hat-trick in the second half, helped by Cole Palmer.
Following an engaging first half, Chelsea tore apart Wolves in the second half to earn their first Premier League points of the year and under new boss Enzo Maresca’s spectacular way.
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Nicolas Jackson and Palmer goals gave Maresca’s team two first-half leads, but Matheus Cunha and Jorgen Strand Larsen goals gave Wolves two well-earned comebacks.
But Wolves lost steam after the interval, and Madueke’s three goals in fifteen minutes put an end to the match.
The sixth goal scored by his team came from the bench, and Joao Felix celebrated his return to the team.
Much has been made of Chelsea’s huge squad assembled at massive cost and the baffling puzzle Italian Maresca has been hired to solve, but the youthful side he sent out on Sunday including nine players aged 23 or under gelled impressively.
Madueke was the villain for the home fans in more ways than one.
The English forward was booed from the start after a deleted social media post in which he insulted the city of Wolverhampton.
He silenced the hecklers in emphatic way, however, to get Chelsea’s league campaign off and running after their opening defeat by champions Manchester City.