Chelsea vs Wolves LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction as Coady snatches late equaliser
Chelsea 2-2 Wolves: Follow reaction as the Stamford Bridge club changes hands and Thomas Tuchel’s side draw with Wolves in the Premier League
Chelsea FC are on the verge of a sale, with the club confirming in the early hours of Saturday that a deal had been struck with LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly.
Since Roman Abramovich put the Blues on the market in March there have been dozens of reports, interested parties and bids, with the Boehly bid - which also includes Hansjorg Wyss and Clearlake Capital - ultimately set to complete a deal worth £4.25bn in total. That constitutes £2.5bn to buy the shares of the club, along with a further £1.75bn committed to future spending in several areas including the women’s team, the academy and club infrastructure.
Details are still emerging over the full implications of the bid but a 10-year block on the sale of shares indicates this will be a long-term purchase, while the deal could go through around the end of the current Premier League season.
Conor Coady then struck deep into time added on to snatch a 2-2 draw for Wolves away at Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday, heading home a cross from substitute Chiquinho in almost the last action of the game.
Wolves had trailed for much of the game after Chelsea’s out-of-form striker Romelu Lukaku scored twice in two second-half minutes before Francisco Trincao pulled one back and Coady claimed a point.
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Chelsea 2-1 Wolves
90 mins: You wonder if Wolves have missed their chance to equalise late on here. Chelsea have regrouped a little and are in a more cohesive defensive shape now.
Kai Havertz is getting ready to come on fo the final few minutes.
Chelsea 2-1 Wolves
88 mins: Wolves continue to flood players forward as Ait-Nouri does excellently to evade two or three Chelsea players before playing it out to the right. But Jonny’s cross is blocked by Sarr and the home side can break!
Werner storms through the middle of the pitch and into the area before Boly comes across to make the crucial challenge in the nick of time!
Like a basketball game.
Chelsea 2-1 Wolves
87 mins: Another chance for Wolves! The visitors keep their attack going after the corner comes to nothing. Jimenez plays a neat one-two with Boly and then rifles his shot wide from the edge of the box. Should have done better.
SUB! Chelsea make a change as they look to stop this Wolves momentum. Malang Sarr replaces Cesar Azpilicueta.
Chelsea 2-1 Wolves
85 mins: SO CLOSE! Oh, what a chance for 2-2!
Jimenez flicks the ball into Trincao with a wonderfully deft touch. The substitute is in on goal but pokes his tame effort too close to Mendy and the Chelsea keeper can turn it away for a corner.
All Wolves.
Chelsea 2-1 Wolves
84 mins: Sensational crossfield ball from Moutinho gets Wolves on the break as Trincao brings it down with a lovely touch.
The visitors work the ball out to Hwang on the left and Silva has to clear it out for a Wolves throw-in.
Ten minutes ago Chelsea had total control. Now they are hanging on.
Chelsea 2-1 Wolves
82 mins: Suddenly Chelsea are all over the place!
Wolves work it neatly on the edge of the Chelsea penalty area before Jimenez goes down inside the area under pressure from Rudiger. He wants a penalty but referee Peter Bankes says no. Would have been soft.
Wolves come forward once again though. Stamford Bridge has become a very tense place now!
GOAL! Chelsea 2-1 Wolves (Trincao, 79)
79 mins: The substitute with an instant impact!
Francisco Trincao has only been on the pitch for two minutes but he gets Wolves right back into this game!
Chelsea leave themselves 3 vs 3 at the back and Trincao steps inside before curling a wonderful effort into the top corner!
Game on?
Chelsea 2-0 Wolves
80 mins: Chelsea are taking the sting out of this game now. That Hwang chance was a warning sign that the game is not done just yet.
Werner works a nice angle for the low cross into the box but Moutinho is in the right place to clear it away.
Oh hang on... maybe the sting hasn’t been taken out!
Chelsea 2-0 Wolves
77 mins: Pulisic finds the space in between the lines yet again. He slides it to Lukaku but the weight of the pass is poor. Lukaku still manages to get to it and loft a cross in but it’s just over the crossbar.
SUB! Wolves make their third and final change as Francisco Trincao replaces Ruben Neves.
Chelsea 2-0 Wolves
75 mins: CHANCE! Great opportunity for Wolves to get back into the match but they are thwarted by Chelsea keeper Mendy.
It’s a wonderful ball from Jonny on the right side and Hwang is in one-on-one with Mendy but his delicate finish is smothered by the Senegalese shot-stopper.
Chelsea then break up the other end and Kovacic forces a routine save from Sa.
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