Moses Thrilled With Chelsea’s Hard-Earned Win Vs Wolves

Hosts Wolves pulled off a huge shock in the last round, as they went away to Anfield to take on Liverpool, and picked up a 2-1 win with a superb display. “We were lucky in this circumstance, then in second half we played our football, played very well, created chances to implement the results“. The winger saw Pedro blazing into space at the far post, and picked him out for a flawless header to give Chelsea the lead on the back of a sweeping move. After a misplaced Fabregas pass, the ball deflected off both Matt Doherty and N’Golo Kante before finding its way to Costa who tucked away his first non-Premier League goal of the season. We made this game what it was tonight. Chelsea’s promising midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Nathaniel Chalobah are also expected to start the game.

7 – Conte deserves credit for fielding a strong starting XI.

The Portuguese terrified both defences with his searing pace and direct running, scoring against the Potters then grabbing two assists and nearly netting an incredible solo goal for the ages at Anfield.

The goal settled the nerves of the Blues players and Conte introduced N’golo Kante and Cesar Azpilicueta to enhance their grip on the game.

The importance of some of those goals also can not be understated, with four of his six Premier League goals coming against Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham and champions Leicester. A lack of game-time can’t help, but on this showing, unless Thibaut Courtois becomes unavailable, it’s hard to see Begovic getting many more appearances this season. Improved markedly after the break.

“We’ll need to punch above our weight, but first and foremost we have to do what we’re good at, not play Chelsea’s way, or into their way of playing”. They remain a tough nut to crack when not at their best and look in good shape to challenge for what would be the second League and FA Cup double in the club’s history.

A cracking encounter awaits in the Black Country as Wolves hunt a remarkable hat-trick of top-flight scalps in this season’s FA Cup. The 19-year-old has reportedly demanded £50,000-a-week in wages. Pedro moved to the wing-back role he filled in the previous two rounds, as Willian joined the front three. Cultured passing was a joy to watch.

Chelsea will look to avoid an FA Cup upset at Wolverhampton.

I’d expect him to rest Diego Costa so he can knock the rust off Michy Batshuayi. On the last occasion that he refereed a Chelsea match – their 1-0 win over Crystal Palace in December – he showed five yellow cards. Costa hustled and harried Wolves’ backline throughout the game and was rewarded with the goal he needed to end his drought.

But a minute later, Pedro was celebrating the opening strike.

MF N’Golo Kante, NR – Replaced Willian and brought much needed energy to the side.

The difficulties of fighting on many fronts were made clear again for Arsenal and Tottenham this week – catastrophically so for the Gunners – and served to emphasise that a key factor in Chelsea’s rise back to the top has been their relatively straightforward fixture list.