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Wolves person converted their past 18 penalties successful the Premier League, including 7 from Ruben NevesWolves came retired connected apical successful a crippled of 2 penalties to ascent retired of the relegation portion and permission Nottingham Forest bottommost of the Premier League.
Skipper Ruben Neves drove the hosts successful beforehand from the spot aft a four-minute video adjunct referee hold astatine the commencement of the 2nd half.
After a 2nd lengthy VAR involution erstwhile referee Thomas Bramall initially missed Matheus Nunes pulling backmost Ryan Yates, Wolves keeper Jose Sa superbly turned distant Brennan Johnson's spot-kick.
The prevention was made much singular arsenic Sa has been playing with a breached bony successful his wrist since helium damaged it against Fulham connected 13 August.
Max Kilman earlier deed the wrong of a station with a header and was unfortunate the rebound went consecutive to Forest keeper Dean Henderson.
It was a superb mode for interim Wolves bosses Steve Davis and James Collins to commencement a perchance important week that ends with a location crippled against Leicester adjacent Sunday.
However, the symptom goes connected for Forest brag Steve Cooper. His broadside are without a triumph since August and person picked up a azygous constituent from their past 7 games.
Day to retrieve for stand-in brag Davis
For lifelong Wolves instrumentality Davis, presiding implicit this triumph volition beryllium peculiarly satisfying.
Chairman Jeff Shi's hunt for a imperishable replacement for Bruno Lage continues and Wolves' biggest occupation - a deficiency of extremity menace - remains.
But Neves' extremity - lone Wolves' 4th successful the league this play and their archetypal successful the 2nd fractional of a crippled for 11 matches - gave them their 2nd triumph successful 17 matches and volition assistance spirits astir a nine seemingly successful freefall.
No-one encapsulates Wolves' descent down the Premier League much than Adama Traore.
During 2 seventh-placed finishes nether Nuno Espirito Santo, the Spain winger was a genuine threat.
While inconsistency has ever been an irritating diagnostic of his game, astatine his champion Traore is susceptible of unhinging defences with his gait alone.
But with lone 3 league goals since 2019, his declaration moving retired astatine the extremity of the play and a hoped-for determination to Barcelona failing to materialise, Traore's clip astatine Molineux appears to beryllium drifting to a mediocre end.
He astatine slightest looked susceptible of creating chances here, crossing for Kilman to caput against a station and Rayan Ait-Nouri to motion wide astatine the acold post.
It was Traore's changeable which struck Harry Toffolo and yet brought Wolves their punishment aft Bramall was sent to the surface by VAR Lee Mason.
Cooper's punishment pain
Forest handed Cooper a caller three-year declaration aft their four-goal hammering astatine Leicester a fortnight ago. Without it, his tenure would beryllium highly precarious now.
He was visibly frustrated astatine Wolves' penalty, peculiarly arsenic the crippled had moved to the different extremity of the transportation and the hosts were preparing to instrumentality a country erstwhile Mason alerted Bramall to Nunes' infringement.
Cooper could lone ticker successful despair arsenic Johnson wasted the accidental to level.
A fewer hours earlier kick-off, Forest posted a tweet depicting 1 of their players cuddling 3 wolves with the caption 'Playtime'. Evidently idiosyncratic elder astatine the City Ground did not similar it arsenic the station was deleted.
The tweet proved to beryllium sick advised, fixed the outcome. At the moment, contempt a summertime outlay successful excess of £100m, Forest are the ones who look similar a becalmed mentation of what they are expected to be.
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Player of the match
Rúben NevesRúben Neves
with an mean of 7.52
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves
Squad number59Player nameHodge
Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
Squad number6Player nameTraoré
Squad number29Player nameDiego Costa
Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
Squad number37Player nameTraoré
Squad number64Player nameBueno
Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-Chan
Squad number23Player nameKilman
Squad number27Player nameMatheus Nunes
Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri
Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho
Squad number10Player nameDaniel Podence
Squad number19Player nameJonny
Squad number24Player nameToti
Nottingham Forest
Squad number26Player nameMcKenna
Squad number7Player nameN Williams
Squad number10Player nameGibbs-White
Squad number15Player nameToffolo
Squad number1Player nameHenderson
Squad number23Player nameFreuler
Squad number3Player nameS Cook
Squad number20Player nameJohnson
Squad number21Player nameKouyaté
Squad number22Player nameYates
Squad number25Player nameDennis
Squad number5Player nameMangala
Squad number16Player nameSurridge
Squad number9Player nameAwoniyi
Squad number11Player nameLingard
Line-ups
Wolves
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 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 astatine 90mins
- 10PodenceBooked astatine 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 Williams
- 3S Cook
- 26McKennaBooked astatine 67mins
- 15ToffoloSubstituted forSurridgeat 89'minutes
- 22Yates
- 23FreulerSubstituted forAwoniyiat 84'minutes
- 21KouyatéSubstituted forMangalaat 70'minutes
- 20Johnson
- 25DennisBooked astatine 16minsSubstituted forLingardat 70'minutes
- 10Gibbs-White
Substitutes
- 2Biancone
- 4Worrall
- 5Mangala
- 9Awoniyi
- 11Lingard
- 13Hennessey
- 16Surridge
- 28Badé
- 30Boly
Referee:Thomas Bramall
Attendance:31,554
Live Text
Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
Daniel Podence (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest).
Joseph Hodge (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Foul by Joseph Hodge (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hugo Bueno replaces Rayan Aït-Nouri due to the fact that of an injury.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Joseph Hodge replaces Matheus Nunes.
Attempt missed. Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) header from precise adjacent scope is excessively high. Assisted by Steve Cook with a headed walk pursuing a acceptable portion situation.
Foul by Toti (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Sam Surridge (Nottingham Forest) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Jonny (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Jesse Lingard (Nottingham Forest).
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Sam Surridge replaces Harry Toffolo.
Attempt missed. Orel Mangala (Nottingham Forest) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is excessively high.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nélson Semedo replaces Adama Traoré.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Remo Freuler.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Rúben Neves.
Foul by Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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