Gittens has been in good form recently as he finds his feet at Stamford Bridge. Having made a positive impact off the bench in the consecutive league wins over Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, the 21-year-old was then chosen as UEFA’s Player of the Match in last week’s big win against Ajax. This display at Molineux was even better.

Enzo Maresca deployed Gittens on the left flank in the three behind Tyrique George. That didn’t mean those two and Estevao Willian couldn’t mix up their positioning to disrupt Wolves’ back five, though.

Indeed, it was from an inside-right position that Gittens intercepted a wayward pass and skilfully skipped around a Wolves defender before cushioning the ball into Andrey Santos’ path for the opening goal.

That was the first of five take-ons Gittens completed, more than twice as many as anyone else on the pitch managed. It was also one of two occasions he recovered possession in the final third, another game-high figure.

Gittens’ next major contribution was also decisive. We lured Wolves upfield before playing through the lines with finesse. Facundo Buonanotte collected the ball in the centre circle and swiftly sent it wide left to Gittens, positioned around 40 yards from goal.

He only had one thought in his mind: to attack the box. Gittens dribbled at Matt Doherty and a stepover and burst of pace later had created a yard to centre the ball to Tyrique George, who couldn’t miss. It was textbook wing play. Doherty pulled up and had to be replaced.

Scarcely a minute later, Gittens threatened again. This time he cut inside and went for goal, with the deflection nearly falling perfectly for George to convert again.

In total, 36.2 per cent of our attacking play came down the left-hand flank - with Gittens a regular outlet for the likes of Buonanotte, Jorrel Hato and Santos - in contrast to the 26.1 per cent of attacks we built down the right.

Gittens was in the thick of it from first to last, registering game-high figures for key passes (three), touches in the opposition box (ten) and passes in the final third (18).

Out of possession, too, Gittens was disciplined and dogged. He won each of the three tackles he went in for, the joint most – along with Malo Gusto - of any Chelsea player. One perfectly executed sliding tackle in front of the away end as we were holding onto our lead late on typified his determination. In total, Gittens won nine duels.

The icing on the cake was a first Chelsea goal worthy of winning any game. Hato’s header from a Wolves throw-in bounced into his path and Gittens instinctively larruped a shot goalwards with the outside of his right foot. Jose Sa in the Wolves goal was helpless as the ball kissed the inside of the left-hand post before nestling in the opposite corner.

There cannot have been many better first Chelsea goals – and it was the least Gittens deserved at the end of a fine display.