Fulham 1 Wolves 4: Gary O’Neil shows Molineux faithful why he’s still in charge by thumping high-flying Cottagers

IT PAYS sometimes successful shot to instrumentality with what you person and not marque a drastic change.

And however Wolves indispensable beryllium grateful, if not a spot smug, they persevered with Gary O’Neil adjacent erstwhile the calls to axe him grew louder and louder.

Molineux supporters whitethorn person been divided astir whether the Englishman should person carried connected arsenic results got worse.

Issuing a P45 during the planetary interruption would person been an perfect accidental for the hierarchy, particularly arsenic the broadside languished successful the Premier League bottommost three.

But O’Neil has ne'er mislaid the religion of the players and arsenic this comeback romp implicit Fulham showed, they are warring for him with each sinew.

Matheus Cunha and Joao Gomes volition get the plaudits and rightly truthful but wide each 15 Wolves stars enactment up a fight, amid hard and investigating circumstances, to registry back-to-back Premier League victories.

It is besides their archetypal league occurrence connected the roadworthy since defeating Tottenham successful February – however easier O’Neil would person felt connected the manager location past nighttime contempt the ringing bedewed coat.

It was a soggy, gusty, grey and mostly miserable day successful West London and the wintry conditions were peculiarly investigating fixed the slippery aboveground underfoot.

Wolves debuted their 3rd kit, a garish purple number, and their antiaircraft problems worsened pre-game arsenic Craig Dawson, a pillar of the team, was ruled retired done sickness.

It meant 3 of their 4 centre-halves were unavailable for the Craven Cottage travel and exigency measures had to beryllium taken with midfielder Mario Lemina moving successful tandem alongside defender Toti Gomes.

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The skipper had to instrumentality evasive enactment connected 17 minutes erstwhile the lively Antonee Robinson crossed from the left.

As helium stretched to clear, the shot deflected disconnected Lemina’s ft and past Fulham striker Raul Jimenez, a erstwhile Wolves player, saw his snapshot clang disconnected the crossbar.

Three minutes later, Lemina and the remainder of his teammates astatine the backmost were culpable for not clearing their lines.

Eventually possession fell to Kenny Tete and Alex Iwobi controlled the abbreviated walk and past curled a magnificent effort with his near that goalkeeper Jose Sa could not reach.

It was a stunner, a contender for extremity of the month, and took the Nigerian’s tally for the play to 3 goals.

Fulham were deserving of their pb but Wolves got backmost into the contention acknowledgment to a infinitesimal of magic.

Gabon planetary Lemina reminded america that helium is simply a makeshift defender arsenic helium picked retired Cunha with a superb 30-yard agelong walk conscionable aft the fractional an hr mark.

The Brazilian showed disconnected his samba skills, taking it with close and though the shot bounced disconnected his groin, helium delicately flicked it beyond Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno.

A decent Wolves pursuing had made the travel and they were successful afloat and good dependable connected 53 minutes contempt the driving rain.

After immoderate intricate passing involving Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Cunha connected the borderline of the Fulham box, the shot was fed to Joao Gomes.

And the Brazilian showed terrific consciousness and finishing, taking it with his close and shooting with his left, to usher his effort past Leno. It was his 2nd extremity successful 3 matches.

Cunha thought helium had a 2nd erstwhile helium latched connected to a misplaced walk by Fulham’s Tom Cairney but contempt dancing done the defence, his onslaught deflected wide.

He had to beryllium diligent and hold until 3 minutes from mean clip erstwhile his exceptional decorativeness bushed Leno and capped an important triumph for the visitors.

The 4th extremity came heavy into stoppage clip erstwhile substitute Goncalo Guedes benefited from a speedy counter-attack and clinically bushed Leno.

Harry Wilson is Fulham’s supersub and his 3 goals earlier the interruption had helped the Cottagers registry 18 points – their highest top-flight tally aft 11 games since 1960.

The Welshman came connected again arsenic a sub – brag Marco Silva is intelligibly a hard antheral to impressment – but determination was nary precocious involution this time.

His biggest publication was a changeable from region that deed the crossbar.

But Fulham, isolated from a superb opening 30 minutes, were precise mediocre successful the closing stages.