Wolverhampton Wanderers ended their six-match winless run in the Premier League with a 2-1 comeback victory over Chelsea at Molineux this evening.
Goals from Raul Jimenez and Diogo Jota in the space of four second-half minutes cancelled out Ruben Loftus-Cheek's opener and earned Wolves their biggest scalp since their promotion.
Maurizio Sarri rotated his squad for the second of three games inside six days, but Eden Hazard was retained in the starting lineup and he squandered a good early opening for the Blues when he shot tamely at Rui Patricio when in space at the back post.
Teenage midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White was impressive for the hosts on his first Premier League start and may have marked it with a goal on 38 minutes had Cesc Fabregas, of all people, not made a vital block as the Wolves youngster ran onto a smart knockdown from Jimenez.
Ryan Bennett was required to make an equally important intervention at the other end moments later, when Hazard released Willian into the right channel. The Brazilian advanced into the box and was preparing to pull the trigger when Bennett came out of nowhere to take it off his toes.
Chelsea seemed in complete control at the start of the second period but could not kill off Nuno Espirito Santo's side as Willian blazed over on the half-volley from Fabregas's dink over the top, and N'Golo Kante dragged a 25-yard shot wide after being teed up by Hazard's incision from the left.
Jota's first Premier League goal followed in quick time as Joao Moutinho knocked Willian off the ball in the Chelsea half and spread the play to Matt Doherty, who delivered a perfectly-weighted cross to the back post for the Portuguese winger to slot home from six yards out.
Chelsea never recovered to mount the rally that one would have expected but did have a couple of chances to rescue a point, with Hazard drilling a 20-yard shot just past Patricio's post on 79 minutes.
Fabregas had their best opportunity to equalise on 87 minutes but could not capitalise on Bennett's poor clearing header as he curled his effort over the crossbar.
Wolves climb only one place in the table to 12th but will feel they have got their season back on track with this result, while Chelsea face slipping out of the top four unless they can get something against Pep Guardiola's imperious champions this weekend.
WOLVES (3-4-1-2): Patricio; Boly, Coady, Bennett; Vinagre, Moutinho, Saiss, Doherty; Gibbs-White (Costa 72'); Jota (Cavaleiro 88'), Jimenez (Dendoncker 81')
CHELSEA(4-3-3): Kepa; Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Christensen, Alonso; Fabregas, Kante (Kovacic 77'), Loftus-Cheek; Willian (Pedro 65'), Hazard, Morata (Giroud 65')