Matheus Cunha comments speak volumes as Wolves ace leads Gary O'Neil's fightback

Matheus Cunha mightiness conscionable beryllium the champion footballer successful the Premier League operating extracurricular the alleged 'Big Six' close now, and helium was excessively bully for Fulham arsenic Wolves moved retired of the relegation places

Before the planetary break, Matheus Cunha saved Gary O’Neil’s occupation arsenic Wolves boss.

And if Molineux’s Brazilian magician tin proceed his scintillating form, O’Neil’s presumption volition beryllium unafraid for immoderate time.

Cunha’s brilliance was excessively overmuch for Fulham arsenic helium scored 2 magnificent goals and created different successful Saturday’s 4-1 triumph astatine a sodden, windswept Craven Cottage.

At times, arsenic helium led the Black Country nine to back-to-back Premier League wins for the archetypal clip since February, dragging them retired of the relegation places, helium looked similar a 15-year-old who had been asked to play with the under-12s: Too quick, excessively strong, excessively clever.

“He’s a peculiar player,” stated skipper Mario Lemina. “We cognize it. And he’s moving truly good for the team. He deserves each the praise he’s being given, due to the fact that he’s unbelievable close now.”

Wolves endured a nightmare commencement to the season, taking conscionable 1 constituent from their opening 8 games - six of which came against sides successful past term’s apical 7 - but person turned things astir and taken 8 points from their past 4 matches.

They've scored 10 times successful those games, with Cunha scoring oregon assisting 7 of those.

“When the results don’t come, radical commencement to get a small upset," Cunha said. “We didn’t commencement the play the mode we wanted, but we kept working. We judge a lot. We cognize everyone’s potential."

On a time erstwhile Lemina was pressed into enactment astatine the bosom of a backmost 4 amid a antiaircraft wounded situation - "I had to beryllium a centre-back to marque definite that we tin triumph the game, and that’s what I did" - they showed their courageousness and potential.

After a timid start, falling down to Alex Iwobi’s superb strike, they dared to propulsion up higher, property faster and, cajoled perpetually from the touchline by O’Neil, onslaught with expanding thrust.

“We ne'er had doubts [about the manager],” insisted Cunha. “He did a batch of bully things for america past season. Everyone successful the radical has grown up with him.”

They levelled connected the fractional hr arsenic Lemina’s agelong walk caught retired Joachim Andersen, was met by Cunha racing successful down whose delicate archetypal interaction the shot to his volition earlier helium flicked past Bernd Leno.

“It’s thing we’ve worked on,” claimed the Wolves skipper. “We effort to drawback eyes and successful that infinitesimal I tried to springiness the champion shot that I can. Everything was perfect, the shot perfect, the power arsenic good was mad! The shot was crazy!”

In the 2nd fractional Wolves dominated, with Cunha progressively to the fore. He created Joao Gomes’ go-ahead 53rd infinitesimal extremity earlier making it 3-1 with a stunning precocious effort.

"I emotion moving with him," said O'Neil. "The improvements he’s made are conscionable incredible. There’s nary bounds to wherever helium tin go."

Late substitute Goncalo Guedes wrapped it up with a chill decorativeness successful the 5th infinitesimal of stoppage time.

“We consciousness that we are turning the instrumentality the different way,” reiterated Lemina.

How precocious Wolves tin emergence apt rests connected Cunha’s supremely-talented shoulders.

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