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Wolves' run of poor form in the Premier League continued at the hands of Chelsea with the visitors coming out on top with a 5-2 victory at Molineux.
Frank Lampard's side picked up just their second win of the season, a back-to-back away one at that too as the Wanderers continue to struggle in the league.
The scenes pre-game were undoubtedly a mirror image of what was to come - the Wolves faithful at that point were unknowing about how the game would eventually pan out, but they were hopeful especially with Chelsea facing a critical absence in defence with Emerson Palmieri's injury - he was averaging the highest rating of any other Blues player before the match at 7.57.
Nuno Santo made four changes to the side that lost to Everton before the international break - one of which was forced due to the red card Willy Boly picked up at Goodison Park, so in came Jesus Vallejo while Romain Saiss also dropped into defence.
The man of the moment, Tammy Abraham, netted three goals as well as an own goal as he tore apart Wolves' rotated backline.
All three of his Chelsea goals came within 21 minutes of each other, beginning in the 34th minute to make it seven for the season - tied with Sergio Aguero for most goals scored this campaign.
Saiss certainly felt the strain of coming up against the 21-year-old, who has been in red hot form in the last three matches.
His dejected look was merely one that the whole squad would have been feeling as the hunt for a first Premier League victory this season rumbles on.
The game featured a number of young stars, in part thanks to Chelsea's transfer ban, but Morgan Gibbs-White did have a moment for his former Young Lions midfield partner Mason Mount.
Mount earned his first England cap last week after being called up to Gareth Southgate's squad for qualifiers against Bulgaria and Kosovo while Gibbs-White played in the Under-21's Euro qualifiers.
Lampard came away as the happier of the two managers - all of Chelsea's goals this season have come from academy graduates.
That's Abraham, Mount and Fikayo Tomori, the latter two he managed at Derby County last season.
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