Todd Boehly reacts to watching Chelsea blow two-goal lead against Wolves

New Chelsea owner Todd Boehly watched on in horror as he saw his club blow a two-goal lead against Wolves on Saturday, as the race for Champions League qualification took another twist.

Less than 24 hours after Chelsea confirmed the American business tycoon’s consortium had agreed terms to buy the Premier League giants from Roman Abramovich in a £4.25billion deal, the Blues were in action looking to cement a top four place.

Boehly, in attendance, looked aghast when Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s goal was ruled out for a marginal offside offence, but he would have been encouraged by record signing Romelu Lukaku’s performance.

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Handed a rare start by Thomas Tuchel, the £97million striker registered his first Premier League goals since December to put Chelsea in a commanding position.

Wolves, however, had other ideas and scored twice in the final 11 minutes with Conor Coady heading home a stoppage time equaliser to secure an unlikely point.

Boehly was seen reacting by putting his head in hands and the LA Dogers’ owner will have been left with a greater understanding of the rebuilding job he will need to oversee.

Reacting to result which gives both Tottenham and Arsenal fresh hope of catching Chelsea in the table, club captain Cesar Azpilicueta said: ‘It’s very disappointing because we were leading 2-0 so to drop two points in this way is very disappointing. Of course the taste of the game is bad.

‘We are conceding too many goals in the last couple of games which is putting us in a difficult position in the race for the Champions League. Other teams are winning and we are not getting as many points as we should.

‘We have to get up