Gittens looked to have settled the game as he half-volleyed a thunderous effort in off the post after 89 minutes to restore Chelsea’s two-goal lead, but Wolves responded immediately through Moller Wolfe to set up a nervy finish.

Chelsea are through to the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup after a rollercoaster victory over struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca blasted Liam Delap for a "stupid" and "embarrassing" red card in Wednesday's 4-3 win at Wolves in the League Cup fourth round."For today we have a very a stupid red card, that was completely unnecessary,

Wolves 3 (Arokodare 48, Wolfe 73 & 90+1) Chelsea 4 (Santos 5, George 15, Estevavo 41, Gittens 89) Wolves showed the fight that remains in them, as they pushed Chelsea all the way in a seven-goal fourth round Carabao Cup tie, but were eliminated at Molineux.

Liam Delap was shown the red card on his comeback from injury as Chelsea defeated Wolves in the Carabao Cup fourth round. Delap, making his first appearance since August, came on with half an hour of normal time remaining but quickly received two yellow cards.

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Chelsea held off a second-half comeback against a spirited Wolves to book their place in the Carabao Cup quarterfinals with a 4-3 win. Enzo Maresca's side, featuring 10 changes, looked like sweeping to a handsome victory as they coasted into a 3-0 half-time lead thanks to goals from Andrey Santos, Tyrique George and Estêvão.

They eked past League One Lincoln City in the last round, while Wolves defeated Everton 2-0 to make it into the fourth round. This should be a cracking game, with both sides having something to prove.