Wolves fans share their thoughts following a hard earned and well deserved point at Old Trafford against Manchester United.
LOUIE LEFEVRE
A nice result, but at this stage of the season a draw doesn’t do much for us. It’s going to take a lot more to undo our start to the season. I was disappointed with the decision to take our foot of the gas. A winner was on the cards but we were happy to slow it down and take a point, which was underwhelming.
CRAIG HICKEY
DAVE
Proud doesn’t even begin to cover it. After weeks of pain, setbacks and watching the table get uglier, Wolves finally showed who we are. Ending an 11-game losing run at Old Trafford of all places, with half the country expecting another hiding, this felt like a stand.
Rob Edwards’ first point as manager might only be one on paper, but it meant far more than that to those of us who’ve stuck by this side through the darkest run.
We were written off the moment United went ahead, but the heads never dropped. You could feel the shift before half-time — Wolves pressing, Wolves believing. Hugo Bueno knocking on the door, then Ladislav Krejci rising unmarked and thundering that header home. Deserved. Fully deserved. And after the break, we didn’t shrink. Krejci nearly had another, Sa stayed sharp when he had to, and even when chaos crept in — Mosquera’s heart-in-mouth moment, that bizarre eight-second call on Sa — we stood firm.
This wasn’t a team clinging on in fear. Jhon Arias so nearly stole it, and even when United thought they’d nicked it at the death, VAR finally went our way. Walking away from Old Trafford with a point, hearing their fans boo while ours sang, felt like a reminder of what this club still has inside it. Yes, the table is still grim.
Yes, survival looks almost impossible. But this was pride, fight and togetherness — the bare minimum we’ve been crying out for. For the first time in a long while, Wolves showed a backbone. And sometimes, that’s where the revival starts.
JOHN TARAS
Coming out of Old Trafford with a point genuinely feels like progress. Rob Edwards had to juggle things because of injury and suspension, and it worked better than I expected. Arias stepped into midfield as Krejci dropped into a back three, with Mane also tucking in alongside Joao Gomes. It gave us that same feel as Sunday against Liverpool: Wolves organised, compact, and willing to absorb pressure without looking scared of it.
Like at the weekend, the first half was ticking along calmly, then we switched off for a moment and allowed Zirkzee to wriggle on the edge of the box. His shot took a glance off Krejci and wrong-footed a fully committed Sa for 1-0 on 27 minutes. The big difference this time was our response. We did not collapse, we did not get stretched, and we pushed back. Krejci then redeemed himself right on 45 minutes to make it 1-1, and it felt deserved on the balance of the half.
I hoped Edwards would use half-time to light a fire and push us on to go and win it, but we could not find that second goal. The big moment was Mosquera from three yards after Lammens saved from Krejci, and Mosquera could not force in the rebound. It turned messy, too, because Bramall had already given a free-kick, so it would not have counted anyway, and Mosquera ended up colliding with Lammens after the miss. Bramall’s decisions were baffling all night. For every United corner, at least one, sometimes two, United players were allowed to shove Sa into the goal without punishment. Then Luke Shaw scythed down Mane right under Bramall’s nose and somehow avoided a booking.
Overall, the collective effort was a solid 7 out of 10, and the most important thing is the losing run is finally over. But we are still carrying passengers, and for me Hwang and Arias were not giving us enough. If Edwards sticks with the same team on Saturday, I would move Hwang into midfield and play Mane alongside Arokodare. Arokodare has to be honest with himself too, because he spurned the one clear headed chance he got, putting it over when he should score. Still, it is a point, it is a platform, and now we take it back to Molineux with West Ham and Nuno coming next.
PAM WELLS
Absolute heartbreak.
Rob Edwards had to shuffle the pack again because of injuries, and you could tell early on. The first 10 minutes were all United and we were hanging on a bit, but once we settled, we were right in it. We started to ask questions instead of just surviving, and it felt like we were causing them as many problems as they caused us. Sa set the tone with a top save, and at the other end we had chances too, only for their keeper to keep bailing them out. Mane was a constant outlet again, running at them and making defenders turn.
Then came the gut punch on the half-hour. They scored after a mistake from Hwang, which hurt even more because we had been defending so well and it felt against the run of play. But the best thing about this performance was that we did not fold. We kept our shape, kept believing, and got our reward right before half-time when Krejci got us level. That goal mattered, not just on the night, but for what it said about our mentality.
In the second half we actually went for it, and for a spell it felt like that first win was there if one moment went our way. Their goalkeeper pulled off another really good stop, and then United started seeing more of the ball, but Sa stood up to everything. When Fer Lopez came on it gave us a lift, then with about five minutes left they thought they had won it with an offside goal. It took far too long to chalk it off, and you could feel the air drain out of the place, but we were still alive. We threw everything at it for the last few minutes, pushed and pushed, and still it would not drop.
Still, fair play to the lads. They gave us an enjoyable, nerve-wracking 90 minutes, and we made United look very poor.
Man of the match: Sa (Mane best outfield)
Performance rating: 7.5
KARL & Lesley WHITEHOUSE
Three days on from Liverpool, this is exactly the kind of performance we needed to show we are up for the fight. The first half felt bright and organised. We kept United away from Sa’s goal for long spells and forced them into shots from poor areas. You could see the shape, the effort, and the intent to stay in the game.
The frustration is we are still making the same kind of mistake in our back line. We did not push up quickly enough after Sa released it, we got caught, and suddenly we are 1-0 down again. Back to square one. Even so, we did not shrink. We kept applying pressure around their box, but our final decision-making let us down. A better cross here, a quicker pass there, and we could have hurt them more.
Then we got what we deserved, and it came from the type of moment we have badly needed: a set-piece causing chaos. United switch off, the ball drops to Krejci, and we are level. It felt like a reward for sticking at it, and it also felt like proof we can create goals even when we are not at our sharpest in open play.
The second half was tougher. We started on the back foot and United came at us, and for a while it felt like we were hanging on. We nearly put one in our own net through Mosquera, and Sa pulled off one of our best saves of the season to keep us alive. But we still had our moments, and Mane stood out again. His runs give this team an identity. He carries us up the pitch and makes us believe something can happen.
VAR and offside saved us late on, and it would have been harsh if that stood, even if the check took far too long. In the end, we have to be proud of the point. It is another step away from the losing habit, and it gives us something to build on. Now we have to take this momentum into the weekend, keep backing Rob, and keep showing the same fight.
SCOTT DRAME
Delighted with the performance and the point, even if it feels like we should have won.
We probably did enough to take all three, but I will happily take the draw because it shows we are moving in the right direction. Rob Edwards got the line-up right again, and you can see he has a clear plan for how he wants us to play.
Man of the match: Krejci. He was excellent and I was really impressed with him.
Performance rating: 7. We played well in both halves and looked like a proper team.
Emma
Walking away from Old Trafford with a point actually feels like a small turning point for us. Not because it was perfect, but because it looked like a team with a plan and the nerve to stick to it. We did not just hang on and hope. We competed, pressed at the right times, and got ourselves into good areas. For long stretches, especially before the break, we looked the more likely side to do something with the ball, and that matters when you have been on a rough run. Even the way we responded after going behind felt different. No panic, no heads dropping, just a calm sense that if we kept playing our game, something would come.
What I love most is that this draw feels buildable. The shape looked more solid, the work rate was there, and we showed enough threat to make United uncomfortable without needing everything to go our way. Krejci’s goal is the kind of moment that can shift belief in a squad, and you could feel it in the way we finished. Now the challenge is simple: take that attitude back to Molineux and turn out a performance at home. If we bring the same energy, the same bravery, and just a bit more sharpness in the final third, we can absolutely kick on from here and maybe we won’t go down as the worst ever Premier League team in history.