Wolves beat Chelsea 1-0 in Premier League

Published Jan. 5, 2011 10:36 p.m. ET

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Chelsea slumped to a 1-0 loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Wednesday, the latest in a string of poor results that will further increase the pressure on manager Carlo Ancelotti.

Jose Bosingwa scored an own goal in the fifth minute and Wolves hung on against a sluggish Chelsea, as Carlo Ancelotti's men saw their faint title hopes all but disappear.

Salomon Kalou missed a golden second-half chance, shooting wide when clean through, and Didier Drogba shot against the outside of the post as Chelsea searched for an equalizer. But resilient Wolves stood firm and could have had a second goal when Stephen Hunt's free kick hit the bar.

The defeat means Chelsea, which is on its worst run of form during the reign of owner Roman Abramovich, have had just two wins and 10 points from their last 11 league games. It stands nine points behind leader Manchester United having played a game more.

The visitors had an awful start as Bosingwa turned a corner into his own net under pressure from Fletcher from just outside the goalline.

The Wolves fans taunted Ancelotti with chants of ''You're getting sacked in the morning.''

Chelsea looked sharper to start the second half, with Michael Essien blazing over from outside the area and Cole seeing his low angled shot from the left of the box comfortably held by Wayne Hennessey.

At the other end Petr Cech had to punch away Matt Jarvis' corner from underneath his crossbar.

Kalou should have levelled in the 53rd minute when Frank Lampard's clever backheel played him in, but the Ivorian could only drag his left-footed shot wide of the far post as Hennessey came off his line to narrow the angle.

Drogba then headed straight at Hennessey from Kalou's cross.

Wolves went within a whisker of doubling the lead as Hunt's left-footed free kick hit the top of the bar, but they were almost undone at the other end as Florent Malouda got free in the left channel but shot wastefully wide.