Wolves fans share their thoughts on Wolves 4-2 victory against Spurs at Molineux.
KARL WHITEHOUSE
Today, we got the job done by earning the points needed to move away from the bottom three teams. We scored four goals against Tottenham for the first time in the Premier League.
We are getting closer to survival now. With a 14-point lead over Ipswich, we can believe the job is done.
The first half was a brilliant performance by the lads, getting an early goal in a game. We haven’t seen that from a Wolves side in a while. We showed we can score goals and perform against the top teams in the league.
We forced Tottenham into mistakes with their defence, gifting us a goal. This is what you have to do against these sides: put pressure on them from the start and cause problems. That’s what we wanted from a confident side.
Vitor must be proud of this team. Achieving this level of performance in such a short time is remarkable. He knew what needed to change, especially with how the press has improved.
In the second half, we had a bit of a wobble in defence. This is a small criticism because we know we needed to clear the ball and not leave players unmarked in the final third. But Vitor will address this.
We kept our heads up, and Strand Larsen, who has been outstanding since Cunha’s suspension, turned his season around by scoring his fifth goal in four games. It’s such a joy to see; when he gets the service, he delivers.
We had a scare near the end, allowing Tottenham a chance to get back into the game, giving them space. We need to work on that, but we quickly responded with Cunha scoring and putting the game out of reach. This win is our biggest against Tottenham in the Premier League. We are now five unbeaten against them and have four wins in a row since January 1972 in the top flight. These are nice stats for Wolves. Vitor has delivered 26 points since taking charge, and survival is now closer than ever. We must keep this momentum going.
Player of the match today is Andre. His performance in midfield made this side a great watch, earning him a rating of 8.5.
GEORGE LAKIN
Vitor Pereira’s Wolves win four in a row for the first time ever in the Premier League. The first of many records we all hope to see fall during the Vitorevolution.
Anything’s possible now. We’re a club reunited. On the pitch, even Matheus Cunha can do no wrong. And I’ll be the first to admit there’s no-one else I’d have rather seen bearing down on goal to seal the game in that moment. But who’d have had him back amongst the goals and beaming after a 20 minute cameo following the events that have unfolded this week? Yet here we are, such is the spirit and morale this manager has built; it can make a team seem almost bulletproof.
We simply blew Spurs away. In part down to them being absolutely atrocious defensively (which became infectious at times in the second half), but credit to us, we forced them to come out and play having got ourselves two-nil up. Whenever they pushed on we slaughtered them on the break. Tactically perfect from Pereira, mercilessly targeting their weaknesses.
From the get-go we just looked like we wanted it more than them. That’s what arguably counts for more than anything in any game of football. And that performance tells me this team has their eyes on as high a finish as possible; 17th and safety won’t satisfy- how refreshing. That comes from the manager, because it wasn’t the case before he arrived.
Seems a few want to right a few wrongs and prove how good they actually are under proper guidance. I’m all for that, and don’t think I can ever recall such a dramatic turn around. So much so that I’m convinced if we’d got Pereira in after Brentford we’d be pushing for Europe right now. Nonetheless he’s here now, and with proper backing the sky truly is the limit.
‘First the points, then the pints’ so he says. Well it seems we better get used to drinking under Vitor Pereira- perhaps even a few on the continent in a year or two?
PAM WELLS
What a day this promised to be. A win for us and a loss for West Ham would take us out of the bottom four for the first time this season. If Chelsea did us a favor, we could put more space between us and Ipswich.
Let’s see. An unchanged team again, and Vitor did just as he said he would, putting the returning Cunha on the bench.
The game started end to end in the first couple of minutes, but then Bellegarde went on a run down the left, only to be fouled between the penalty area and the corner flag. He delivered a good cross from the free kick, and after some action in the box, the ball came to Ait Nouri, who scored a great goal past the stretching goalkeeper Vicario.
After that, the game remained end to end, but Spurs didn’t really have any chances, thanks to some good defending. Spurs, on the other hand, were poor in defense, and we had some chances. At the half-hour mark, we broke away, and once again, poor defending led to Spence scoring an own goal. We were in front at halftime.
In the second half, Bueno came on for Doherty, and play continued with the same end-to-end football. Bellegarde had to come off injured. Would we see Cunha? No, Vitor brought on Sarabia. From one of their rare positive attacks, Spurs made it 2-1.
It was nail-biting time, but we attacked again, and due to more poor defending, Larssen made it 3-1. We then made a double substitution, with Larssen making way for Cunha and Ait Nouri off for Rodrigo Gomes.
Then Semedo made a mess of defending and backheeled the ball to Richarlison, who said thank you very much and scored an easy goal. 3-2.
It was nerve-wracking again, but before we had too long to worry, the ball went out to Cunha, who left defenders in his wake and hit it past Vicario. 4-2.
Wolves saw out the game and made it four wins in a row. It wasn’t a great performance, but they did what they needed to do against a very poor Spurs side. Other results were kind to us, so we are out of the bottom four.
Onwards and upwards. My man of the match, although he was subbed, was Ait Nouri. Performance rating: 8.