Julius Okorie
Nigeria born England junior international and Chelsea winger, Noni Madueke, was in a killer mood, as Chelsea fired half a dozen goals past Wolves at the Molineux Stadium on Sunday.
The 22-year-old former Crystal Palace and Tottenham ace scored hat-trick , thus accounting for three goals in Chelsea’s six goal bumper harvest.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelHomers Wolves scored two consolation goals while losing the entire three points to the visitors. The victory marks first Premier league win for Blues boss, Enzo Maresca.
Chelsea got off the mark under Maresca with a UEFA Conference League play-off victory against Servette on Thursday, but that low-key success was only the prelude to their goal spree at Molineux.
Maresca’s side made the perfect start after just 98 seconds when Matheus Cunha could only flick his attempted clearance from a corner towards Nicolas Jackson, who was left unmarked to head in from six yards. Madueke’s goals came in the 49th, 58th and 63rd minutes.
An elated Madueke speaking after his hat-trick where he got assistance from Palmer, Madueke said: “It is unbelievable.”
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“He is cold and I am fire, so it mixes well. He has the ability to always play a pass at the right time. I like to get the ball in space, beat people and make things happen, so luckily today it worked.”
Chelsea’s Noni Madueke was ‘made up’ after scoring a hat-trick during their win at Wolves and apologised to the locals after a social media post about the place.
He also apologised for his pre-match social media post about the city of Wolverhampton. “I just want to apologise to anyone I might have offended,” he added.
“It was a human mistake, an accident. It wasn’t meant to be out on my socials. I’m sure Wolverhampton is a lovely town, I’m just sorry. In terms of the boos, I expected it. But you have to learn under that type of pressure.”
In another premier league clash Sunday, Liverpool had enjoyed a 2-0 victory over Brentford Luis Diaz and Mohammed Salah on target.
Nigeria’s Frank Onyeka was in action for 17 minutes for Brentford after coming in as late substitute for Germany’s Vitaly Janelt in the 73rd minute.
In the La liga, Real Madrid new man, Kylian Mbappe, was in action for 90 minutes but not on target, it did not however, prevent Real Madrid from running away with a 3-0 victory over Real Vallodolid.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
