Home loss was a real PAIN for Wolves boss Rob

WOLVES boss Rob Edwards was left feeling wounded after an unstoppable display from Cole Palmer and his first-half hat-trick laid the foundations for Chelsea's victory at Wolves.

- By ROBERT O'CONNOR

Wolves boss Rob Edwards applauds the fans following the defeat at Molineux

(Birmingham Live)

The Molineux men, who remain 18 points adrift of 17th place, were authors of their own demise in the first half, Matt Doherty and Yerson Mosquera gifting penalties through ridiculous fouls on Joao Pedro, who was nowhere near the goal on either occasion.

"My hand is feeling the effects of thumping a door in anger," said boss Rob Edwards, who watched his team lose for the 10th time in the league since his appointment in November.

"It was a really promising start then a couple of really ludicrous mistakes. It's going to be a really difficult day for us then.

"Then, looking at the lads, it looked like how it felt when we first came in. They get the third and then it's about stopping the bleeding."

Palmer helped make it four Premier League wins from four for Chelsea under Liam Rosenior.

After a tough spell for the England forward, marred by fitness issues, a dearth of goals and reports he is unsettled, this was a return of the free-scoring talisman that for so long carried the team but who now looks just one part of a balanced side brimming with promise.