Didier Drogba, for long now the go-to player at Chelsea when the going gets tough, came up trumps again to allow his side to end a difficult week on a high and four points clear of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League.
Drogba had two chances in the game and struck the net twice, a goal in each half killing off the challenge of a Wolves side who had two chances themselves but found Petr Cech equal to both.
Carlo Ancelotti, the Chelsea coach who is pretty sanguine about the off-field controversies that have been besetting his players, will have been delighted with the response after the club's top brass warned the players about their future conduct.
That was after the indiscretions