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Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo celebrated the signing of a new three-year contract with three Premier League points, as his team got off to a winning start to the campaign against Sheffield United.
The Portuguese, who guided Wanderers to a seventh place last season and to the quarter-finals of the Europa League, has committed to the club until 2023 and will be pleased with what he saw at Bramall Lane on Monday night.
It took the Wolves until Game 7 to register their first league win last season as they tried to juggle the demands of playing in European qualifying matches, but this time a 2-0 win knocked them out of the league. first question.
Nuno’s team got out of the blocks fast and two up after just six minutes.
The first goal came in the third minute when Daniel Podence jumped away from John Lundstram’s sliding challenge down the left. His low center to the penalty area was skillfully driven by Raúl Jiménez from 12 yards.
Jiménez, who scored 27 goals in all competitions last season, got involved again as the Wolves quickly doubled their lead, although this time Aaron Ramsdale made a good save to push his effort over the bar. However, Romain Saiss headed home from Pedro Neto’s resulting corner.
While the Wolves were dynamic, fluid and enterprising in attack, especially during the first half, the Blades were totally out of place on the contrary.
Unusual mistakes and a poor start ultimately cost Chris Wilder’s team, making it an uphill fight early on, but the Blades also looked industrious and predictable in the first half.
Jiménez was a constant danger with his move and fell deep midway through the first half and made an effort with his left foot just past the top corner.
It was not until the last 10 minutes of the first part that Rui Patricio worked for the first time. Chris Basham’s cut cross had to be helped by the Portuguese goalkeeper over the crossbar before Oli McBurnie sent a header straight at him.
Wilder’s team improved early in the second half and had two good chances.
Dubliner Enda Stevens latched onto McBurnie’s quick move and got behind Adama Traore, but was unable to hold his shot from a tight angle.
Soon after, again on the Wolves’ right, Lundstram joined John Fleck, who saw his shot hit the foot of the far post, before George Baldock’s follow-up went wide.
It was encouraging for the hosts, but their defensive woes in the first half remained and Saiss was one step away from heading a second goal from another corner after 53 minutes.
The Blades continued to try to pressure their opponents, but the final ball was often missing.
The wolf attacks had become less frequent, but they were still a threat at halftime.
Saiss should have left the game midway through the second half, but Ramsdale made a good save to put the ball into a post, with Jimenez putting the rebound wide.
Traore pushed wide and saw another blocked shot before the hosts’ unusual weaknesses on set pieces were exposed again after 83 minutes when Jiménez hit the outside of a post with a direct header.
John Egan of Cork, the winner of the injury time match in this match last season in July, was unable to repeat those heroic deeds when he headed wide from a corner, before McBurnie saw his header cleared by Saiss in added time. .
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