Glenn Hoddle sends warning to Chelsea after 6-2 thrashing of Wolves

Glenn Hoddle has warned Chelsea not to get carried away by their emphatic 6-2 Premier League win over Wolves.

After last weekend’s humbling home defeat against Manchester City, the Blues bounced back in style at Molineux.

After a chaotic opening half, Chelsea delivered arguably their best 45 minute display of the Clearlake era, running in four unanswered goals.

Noni Madueke’s hat-trick was supplemented by Joao Felix’s superb effort, set-up by fellow new signing Pedro Neto, while Cole Palmer registered first goal of the new campaign as well as three assists.

Despite the confidence boosting result, Hoddle sounded a note of caution and warned his former side they are unlikely to be the beneficiaries of such generous defending on a regular basis.

He told Premier League Productions: ‘Going forward they looked really good. We’ve said they’ve got good players but every game in this Premier League won’t be like that.

‘That was so open it was like the Wild West, it was basketball, there was no defending you could pull it to bits defensively for 90 minutes.

‘But it made for a fantastic game. But with Chelsea if you give good players time and space on the ball they will hurt you.

‘If you closed down you’re under pressure, wheter you’re a striker, midfielder or defender and life becomes different then. But Chelsea were given so much space.’

Madueke, meanwhile, has apologised for insulting the city of Wolverhampton on social media before his match-winning display.

The England Under-21 winger was heavily booed throughout by the home fans due to a hastily-deleted Instagram post in the early hours that contained an expletive to describe the midlands city he was staying in.

‘I just want to apologise to anyone that I might have offended,’ he said in an interview shown by Sky Sports after the game.

‘It is just a human mistake, an accident. It wasn’t meant to be out on my socials like that. I’m sure Wolverhampton is a lovely town and I’m sorry.

‘In terms of the boos, I expected it but it is part of the game. You have to be able to play under that sort of pressure.’