I expected this season to be a bit of a roller coaster ride, but this match embodied magnificent highs and cavernous lows, with the ending unfortunately the lowest point possible. Wolves - who controlled much of this match - came out of it thrashed, bottom of the league and staring relegation square in the eye.

It was anyone's guess which Wolves would turn up today - the Villa 'no-show' of a team, or the magnificent team that nearly took a point at Anfield. I needn't have worried as today we got both, with some brilliant defending matched by some appalling defending. Although this was no massacre like at Molineux, it may as well have been, because no points keeps us rooted to the bottom of the table, needing a miracle to retain our Premiership status.

This team remains an enigma, wrapped up in mystery. How can a team that has played so well for long periods of the game, who with only 20 minutes to go looked like they would win the game and pull of the biggest shock of the day, how can these team lose 5-2?

Expecting to lose and fearful of a thrashing, I must admit it didn't look good when, after less than four minutes some slick Chelsea passing carved open the Wolves' defence and some Chelsea took the lead. Melchoit came in from the Chelsea right wing and passed the ball inside to Lampard. Lampard gave the ball to Cole who fed it to Melchiot who had continued his run into the Wolves box. Melchiot held off the challenges and fired the ball into the opposite corner of the Wolves' goal Chelsea 1 Wolves 0.

Chelsea then took control of the game for the next twenty minutes or so, without stretching their lead. Then came an incident which changed the complexion of the match, at least until the last twenty minutes. Babayaro's sloppy back pass to Terry was intercepted by Camara, leaving the Wolves striker one-on-one with the Chelsea keeper. On past form you would have bet on Camara to miss. However this time luck was with the young Senegal striker and his shot came off the legs of Ambrosio and into the Chelsea net. Incredibly Wolves had drawn level Chelsea 1 Wolves 1.

The goal galvanised Wolves and - after looking nervy for the first twenty minutes - they suddenly remembered what it was like to play football. Passes suddenly went where they were supposed to and it was the west London millionaires who looked like they would rather be somewhere else, doing something else.

Kennedy then spurned a great chance to go into the break in the lead. Some good work by Camara on the right wing ended with a cross which was inch-perfect for the in-rushing Kennedy. Un-marked on the edge of the six-yard box, the Irish international unfortunately put the ball wide.

Chelsea nearly went back into the lead when a Lampard long ball found Gudjonhnsen behind the Wolves defence, but Paul saved his shot. Miller showed some of his former skills when a neat shimmy saw him create some space on the edge of the box, but his shot was well wide.

Half time Chelsea 1 Wolves 1

If we expected the walls to come crashing in after half time it didn't happen and in fact Wolves still looked in control of the game after the re-start. So much so that on 57 minutes the impossible happened and wolves took the lead. A Kennedy corner was whipped in from the right wing and Craddock rose above the Chelsea defence and headed the ball into the Chelsea net. Chelsea 1 Wolves 2 - ecstasy.

Wolves were now playing some really decent football and a shock didn't look too unlikely! But when you've spent as much as Chelsea have you always have options on the bench. Who wouldn't like the option of having Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink on the bench? Let alone an under-pressure manager whose team were losing at home to the premiership whipping boys? Anyway Ranieri brought the Dutchman on with half an hour left and I don't think he regretted the decision.

Wolves still controlled the game and Ambrosio saved well from an Ince shot. But, against the run of play - no really - Chelsea grabbed an equaliser. Catching Wolves on the break, Duff found Lampard on the edge of the Wolves area. With plenty of space Lampard unleashed an unstoppable 25-yard shot which flew into the bottom left hand corner of the net Chelsea 2 Wolves 2.

Wolves were still looking to win the match, but with only 13 minutes left, JF Hasselbaink scored his hundredth Premiership goal on his way to an improbable late hat-trick. On the edge of the area Hasselbaink held off Craddock and unleashed a powerful drive into the top left-hand corner. Chelsea 3 Wolves 2. For his second, and Chelsea's fourth, he latched onto Duff's through ball and shot into the bottom right of the goal Chelsea 4 Wolves 2. I would say game over, but the Dutchman wanted a hat-trick, and deep into stoppage time he got it, even if he was way offside when he put he ball into the net Chelsea 5 Wolves 2 and a really unrepresentative score-line.

Unfortunately its points and not performances that matter. Dave Jones' Wolves have always been inconsistent, but you can't help but think if only they'd played this against Villa. With player-stealing excuse-monger Harry Redknapp's Portsmouth winning, this really looks like the end of our Premiership adventure.

Full time Chelsea 5 Wolves 2