We dominated from the first whistle to the last but had to stay patient before making the breakthrough. Once Malo Gusto had nodded us in front, though, the floodgates opened. Joao Pedro and then Pedro Neto quickly found the net so the scoreline more fairly reflected our control.

Wingers provide touch of class

Breaking down a stubborn five-man defence required patience and precision. We racked up 11 shots in the first half but combined they only amounted to an xG (Expected Goals tally) of 1.

In the second half, our nine shots were worthy of an xG of 2.3, and the best chance we created all game statistically stemmed from Alejandro Garnacho’s teasing cross that Gusto converted.

It is moments of quality such as those we signed the Argentinian for, and he supplied another when setting up Neto’s close-finish.

Between them, our two starting wingers played five key passes and had four shots, while Neto completed a game-high three successful dribbles. With the centre of the pitch congested by Wolves’ defenders and defensive midfielders, the width and speed provided by Neto and Garnacho was pivotal to prizing them open.

Having moved infield after Estevao Willian’s introduction, Neto’s third goal of the season was scored from a more central position, while the Brazilian’s first act was to set up his compatriot Joao Pedro for our second. It summed up a fluid attacking display in the second half.

Fernandez in the thick of things

Enzo Fernandez’s all-action performance deserved a goal, and he was a worthy winner of the official Premier League Player of the Match prize.

Fernandez’s progressive passing continually got us on the front foot as we sought to pick holes in the Wolves defence. He completed 61 of his 63 passes and set up chances with two of those. He had the most touches of any non-defender on the pitch, including six in the opposition box, and his 11 final-third entries was a joint-high figure.

He was also a threat himself, having five shots - the joint-most of any Chelsea player in a single game this season.

They contributed to a team tally of 20 attempts, a season-high figure for us in our opening 11 league games. No team has scored in more games than the ten in which we have found the net.

Fofana mops up

Just like against Tottenham the weekend before, we restricted our opponents to almost no chances. Wolves didn’t muster a shot on target, had only eight touches in our box and recorded an xG of just 0.17. It was about as convincing as it gets.

On the rare occasions the visitors did threaten, usually on the counter-attack, they found the Blues defence alert to the danger, particularly Wesley Fofana.

Starting his second consecutive league game, Fofana was excellent. He registered joint Chelsea-high figures for total duels won (seven), interceptions (two) and clearances (four), while his five successful aerial duels was the most of anyone on the pitch.

Fofana’s speed across the ground is a useful asset and it enabled us to play high up the pitch and rely on him to shutdown any Wolves counters.

He was also active when we had the ball, spending more time with it than anyone else on the pitch, while his passing accuracy of 92 per cent ranked highly, too. If he continues playing regularly and to this standard, the Blues will be in safe hands defensively.