There are no midweek commitments this week but Wolves’ next fixture on Saturday starts off a sequence of five in 15 days. But not only are they unscathed, they appear to have emerged, like Mario jumping through a drain pipe, at a completely different level. With total confidence – and dollops of hindsight – we can mark this down as a turning point.
And when openings were fashioned by individual flourishes, such as Adama Traore’s persistence for their second goal and Jota’s ball-carrying ingenuity for the winner, they were seized. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment.The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium.
Moreover, he urged steadfast belief from all at the club. Despite a season that started in July, Wolves have suffered just four defeats in their last 22 league matches and after beating Tottenham on Sunday are now level on points with Manchester United in fifthWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Because they were not that good. Nuno Espirito Santo said: “Progress season-on-season is the idea. I don’t want to speak about them because I get tired seeing them run. However, the three league meetings in that period are against relegation battlers Brighton, West Ham and Bournemouth.
They have suffered just four defeats in their last 22 league matches and are level on points with Manchester United who occupy fifth – the proxy Champions League position if Uefa’s lawyers get their way. "The two Portuguese guys in midfield are top players, [Joao] Moutinho and [Ruben] Neves, they are top players,” Mourinho said.“They move the ball fast. A season that started in July traipsing the backwaters of Europa League qualification and saw them 19th after six matches is now stacking up as one of the best in the club’s modern history.
Referee Stuart Atwell thought nothing of the tackle beyond a foul, which was the crux of Mourinho’s gripe. Joao Moutinho, one of the classiest operators over the last two years, misplaced 11 of his 31 attempted passes.
That sixth Premier League match, away to Crystal Palace way back in September, holds great significance. The utility man has played at … “I think that’s the way a team has to play football,” said Jose Mourinho on Sunday following Tottenham Hotspur’s 3-2 defeat to Wolves.
The neggiest of negs from Neg Flanders himself.
Based on this display, they do not necessarily need to be at their best to do so. You can watch the Tottenham vs Wolves match online via various official live streaming providers such as BT Sports, BBC, Sky Sports & Amazon Prime.
It's believed that Tottenham started the bidding earlier this week at around £12m.That approach was rebuffed but the two clubs now look set to shake hands on a deal worth around £15m.It comes as a huge surprise that Wolves are willing to let their experience right-back leave this summer.The Republic of Ireland international has played over 300 games for the club having joined from Bohemians in 2010 for £75k.Doherty also qualifies as a homegrown player, which has been another key factor in Spurs' decision to press on with the deal.The club are keen to bring in players with Premier League experience, as shown by the signings of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Joe Hart.The Tottenham hierarchy had been keen on a deal for Norwich full-back Max Aarons.But Mourinho is said to have raised reservations surrounding his height.Serge Aurier looks set to follow Kyle Walker-Peters, who joined Southampton, out of the door with Monaco, AC Milan and Leverkusen interested.Mourinho was full of praise for Doherty and his Wolves team-mates when Spurs escaped Molineux with a last-gasp 2-1 win last December. Six months on, it was Jota again who helped flip this particular script. Their success was built simply on “good movements that achieved beautiful goals”, as the younger, more charismatic Portuguese manager put it. Matt Doherty scored for Wolves in the 3-2 win at Tottenham (Image: GETTY) Meanwhile, Wolves may be about to replace Doherty with Ainsley Maitland-Niles. So while it seemed from the outside that European football would be a hindrance, and those first rounds of the season seemed to prove as much, the slumps had been accounted for. Because you do not get to March 1 having already played 46 competitive matches and find yourself in Wolves’ position without it.