Chelsea striker Cole Palmer scored a marvellous goal against Wolves to put his side 2-1 up in their GW2 clash, but experts were of the opinion that the goal should have been disallowed as the ball was still rolling when CFC keeper Robert Sanchez took the restart.
Both Wolves and Chelsea come into this GW2 clash on the back of identical 2-0 defeats in the opening round- Wolves went down to Arsenal while Chelsea were beaten by defending champions Manchester City. Another loss here at Molineux, and one of these teams could find themselves in the relegation zone after this weekend’s round of fixtures.
Here is what the pundits think about this clash
Paul Merson
Sky pundit Merson doesn’t think Chelsea have got their first XI figured out. Adds that he could predict Arsenal’s XI for next month’s match against Spurs today, but simply can’t do the same for CFC.
Merson isn’t also a fan of how new Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has frozen out Raheem Sterling, saying that he’s better than many of the other wingers in their current squad.
Here is a look at how different media pundits (Troy Deeney for the BBC, Alan Shearer for the official PL and Gabriel Agbonlahor for TS) had their Team of the Week after Round 1 of the 24/25 season.
Only two of the 10 games in Week 1 (Forest v Bournemouth and Leicester v Spurs) ended in draws.
The biggest margin of victory came from Brighton, who beat Everton 3-0 at Goodison Park. Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd and Aston Villa all got off to winning starts, as did defending champions Man City, who got the better of Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea 2-0.