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Wolves 1-0 Nottingham Forest: Ruben Neves penalty earns victory

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Ruben Neves

Wolves came out on top in a game of two penalties to climb out of the relegation zone and leave Nottingham Forest bottom of the Premier League.

Skipper Ruben Neves drove the hosts in front from the spot after a four-minute video assistant referee delay at the start of the second half.

After a second lengthy VAR intervention when referee Thomas Bramall initially missed Matheus Nunes pulling back Ryan Yates, Wolves keeper Jose Sa superbly turned away Brennan Johnson’s spot-kick.

The save was made more remarkable as Sa has been playing with a broken bone in his wrist since he damaged it against Fulham on 13 August.

Max Kilman earlier hit the inside of a post with a header and was unfortunate the rebound went straight to Forest keeper Dean Henderson.

It was a superb way for interim Wolves bosses Steve Davis and James Collins to start a potentially crucial week that ends with a home game against Leicester next Sunday.

However, the pain goes on for Forest boss Steve Cooper. His side are without a win since August and have picked up a single point from their past seven games.

Day to remember for stand-in boss Davis

For lifelong Wolves fan Davis, presiding over this victory will be particularly satisfying.

Chairman Jeff Shi’s search for a permanent replacement for Bruno Lage continues and Wolves’ biggest problem – a lack of goal threat – remains.

But Neves’ goal – only Wolves’ fourth in the league this season and their first in the second half of a game for 11 matches – gave them their second win in 17 matches and will lift spirits around a club seemingly in freefall.

No-one encapsulates Wolves’ slide down the Premier League more than Adama Traore.

During two seventh-placed finishes under Nuno Espirito Santo, the Spain winger was a genuine threat.

While inconsistency has always been an irritating feature of his game, at his best Traore is capable of unhinging defences with his pace alone.

But with only three league goals since 2019, his contract running out at the end of the season and a hoped-for move to Barcelona failing to materialise, Traore’s time at Molineux appears to be drifting to a mediocre end.

He at least looked capable of creating chances here, crossing for Kilman to head against a post and Rayan Ait-Nouri to nod wide at the far post.

It was Traore’s shot which struck Harry Toffolo and eventually brought Wolves their penalty after Bramall was sent to the screen by VAR Lee Mason.

Cooper’s penalty pain

Forest handed Cooper a new three-year contract after their four-goal hammering at Leicester a fortnight ago. Without it, his tenure would be extremely precarious now.

He was visibly frustrated at Wolves’ penalty, particularly as the game had moved to the other end of the pitch and the hosts were preparing to take a corner when Mason alerted Bramall to Nunes’ infringement.

Cooper could only watch in despair as Johnson wasted the opportunity to level.

A few hours before kick-off, Forest posted a tweet depicting one of their players cuddling three wolves with the caption ‘Playtime’. Evidently someone senior at the City Ground did not like it as the post was deleted.

The tweet proved to be ill advised, given the outcome. At the moment, despite a summer outlay in excess of £100m, Forest are the ones who look like a becalmed version of what they are supposed to be.

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Rate players out of 10 throughout or after the game. The rater will close 30 minutes after the final whistle.

Rating range key1 = Give it up10 = Pure perfection

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Starting XI

  1. Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá

    Average rating

    6.97

  2. Squad number19Player nameJonny

    Average rating

    6.07

  3. Squad number23Player nameKilman

    Average rating

    6.41

  4. Squad number24Player nameToti

    Average rating

    6.06

  5. Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri

    Average rating

    6.36

  6. Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves

    Average rating

    7.52

  7. Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho

    Average rating

    6.22

  8. Squad number37Player nameTraoré

    Average rating

    6.74

  9. Squad number27Player nameMatheus Nunes

    Average rating

    6.37

  10. Squad number10Player nameDaniel Podence

    Average rating

    6.09

  11. Squad number29Player nameDiego Costa

    Average rating

    6.82

Substitutes

  1. Squad number6Player nameTraoré

    Average rating

    6.89

  2. Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-Chan

    Average rating

    6.50

  3. Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo

    Average rating

    6.80

  4. Squad number59Player nameHodge

    Average rating

    7.41

  5. Squad number64Player nameBueno

    Average rating

    6.54

Nottingham Forest

Starting XI

  1. Squad number1Player nameHenderson

    Average rating

    4.99

  2. Squad number7Player nameN Williams

    Average rating

    5.23

  3. Squad number3Player nameS Cook

    Average rating

    4.86

  4. Squad number26Player nameMcKenna

    Average rating

    5.39

  5. Squad number15Player nameToffolo

    Average rating

    5.07

  6. Squad number22Player nameYates

    Average rating

    4.76

  7. Squad number23Player nameFreuler

    Average rating

    4.87

  8. Squad number21Player nameKouyaté

    Average rating

    4.79

  9. Squad number20Player nameJohnson

    Average rating

    4.83

  10. Squad number25Player nameDennis

    Average rating

    4.77

  11. Squad number10Player nameGibbs-White

    Average rating

    5.12

Substitutes

  1. Squad number5Player nameMangala

    Average rating

    4.08

  2. Squad number9Player nameAwoniyi

    Average rating

    3.58

  3. Squad number11Player nameLingard

    Average rating

    3.18

  4. Squad number16Player nameSurridge

    Average rating

    4.02

Line-ups

Wolves

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Malheiro de Sá

19Castro Otto23Kilman24Gomes3Aït-Nouri

8Neves28João Moutinho

37Traoré27Nunes10Podence

29Diego Costa

  • 1Malheiro de Sá
  • 19Castro Otto
  • 23Kilman
  • 24Gomes
  • 3Aït-NouriSubstituted forBuenoat 90+2′minutes
  • 8Neves
  • 28João MoutinhoSubstituted forTraoréat 82′minutes
  • 37TraoréSubstituted forNélson Semedoat 85′minutes
  • 27NunesSubstituted forHodgeat 90+2′minutesBooked at 90mins
  • 10PodenceBooked at 80mins
  • 29Diego CostaSubstituted forHwang Hee-Chanat 82′minutes

Substitutes

  • 6Traoré
  • 11Hwang Hee-Chan
  • 13Sarkic
  • 14Mosquera
  • 17Gonçalo Guedes
  • 22Nélson Semedo
  • 59Hodge
  • 64Bueno
  • 77Campbell

Nottm Forest

Formation 4-3-3

1Henderson

7N Williams3S Cook26McKenna15Toffolo

22Yates23Freuler21Kouyaté

20Johnson25Dennis10Gibbs-White

  • 1Henderson
  • 7N Williams
  • 3S Cook
  • 26McKennaBooked at 67mins
  • 15ToffoloSubstituted forSurridgeat 89′minutes
  • 22Yates
  • 23FreulerSubstituted forAwoniyiat 84′minutes
  • 21KouyatéSubstituted forMangalaat 70′minutes
  • 20Johnson
  • 25DennisBooked at 16minsSubstituted forLingardat 70′minutes
  • 10Gibbs-White

Substitutes

  • 2Biancone
  • 4Worrall
  • 5Mangala
  • 9Awoniyi
  • 11Lingard
  • 13Hennessey
  • 16Surridge
  • 28Badé
  • 30Boly
Referee:
Thomas Bramall

Attendance:
31,554

Match Stats

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Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Nottingham Forest 0.

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