Wolves come from behind to win 4-1 at Fulham as Gary O’Neil’s side move out of drop zone

Wolves come from behind to win 4-1 at Fulham as Gary O’Neil’s side move out of the Premier League drop zone on Saturday evening.

Two superb goals from Matheus Cunha helped Wolves thump Fulham to move out of the relegation zone and further ease the pressure on manager Gary O’Neil.

Everything appeared to be going to plan for the hosts when Alex Iwobi collected Kenny Tete’s pass and – with the visitors’ defence retreating – curled a brilliant left-footed strike into the far corner.

But Wolves responded magnificently and equalised with a wonderful effort of their own, Cunha controlling Mario Lemina’s long ball with his first touch before lifting a delicate finish over Bernd Leno.

O’Neil’s side completed the turnaround eight minutes into the second half when Joao Gomes drilled a powerful shot past Leno from Cunha’s pass.

Fulham: Leno (6), Tete (6), Andersen (7), Bassey (7), Robinson (7), Pereira (6), Lukic (6), Iwobi (7), Smith Rowe (6), Nelson (6), Jimenez (6)

Subs: Wilson (7), Muniz (6), Cairney (6), Traore (7), Castagne (6)

Wolves: Sa (7), Semedo (6), Lemina (8), Toti (7), Ait-Nouri (7), Andre (7), J. Gomes (8), Bellegarde (7), R. Gomes (7), Cunha (9), Strand Larsen (7)

Subs: Doherty (6), Hwang (6), Doyle (6), Guedes (7), Pond (6)

Player of the Match: Matheus Cunha

“It was one of my favourite performances, it took courage and character” ☺️

Gary O’Neil was delighted with Wolves’ 4-1 win at Fulham. pic.twitter.com/USFS2Pdhjz

— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) November 23, 2024

Here’s how fans reacted as Wolves come from behind to win 4-1 at Fulham as Gary O’Neil’s side move out of the drop zone..

@Topoftheshop40: Great performance. Cunha and Joao incredible. But crazy that Toti and Lemina was by far the most solid CB partnership all season. They were fantastic today

@Reggie61823972: Who needs Centre backs anyway 😆😂🙌🏾💪🏾

@SpeesrA: Absolutely fantastic result today. Back to back wins now. Let’s keep this going wolves 🧡🖤❤️🐺

@MistaWWFC: I’m so happy tonight. I could cry! I know it’s just three points in November but ffs we are in the shit and these are precious, precious points. Can someone give the players, especially Matheus, a big hug and thanks from a very happy London Wolves home!

@wrightjames83: Actually enjoyed watching us today, first time in a very long time. Lively with a cutting edge going forward and much more organised defensively. Cunha is on 🔥 Brilliant win. #wwfc

@IanComposer70:
To the moaners desperate to get GON out, particularly those who were UTTERLY desperate seeing the team sheet today, have a word about just WHO hasn’t provided centre halves for the guy to field.
THAT is
passion
coaching
spirit
talent!
#wwfc #utw #Wolves

@OscillateWWFC: Brazilian brilliance. It’s saying a lot to say someone looks a bargain at £42m, but Cunha… Easily our best performance all season in the second half. In fact best for about 9 months. Fully deserved. Now, can we back it up in the next 5. ALL of those games are winnable #wwfc

@Dwarfio: Not sure we’d ever see a player so destructive as Jota then comes along Cunha… I’ve run out of superlatives for him. Dog’s Bollocks #wwfc

@Deaney999: Gomes and Andre is the midfield/pivot that we need! Top drawer today! Lemina is actually a decent CH! Everyone had a solid game today! That’s a HUGE result going into some very winnable fixtures! 2 wins and 2 draws with some decent sides in there! The season starts now! 🐺 #wwfc

@MrRyanLeister: A magnificent afternoon for Wolverhampton Wanderers who were very good value for the fine win in the capital. A patched up defence and a goal down, but that didn’t stop a memorable comeback that ended in a very comfortable victory. It took a little while to get going, but after the equaliser Wolves grew and grew, particularly in the second half where O’Neil’s side were superb. Matheus Cunha, incredible footballer 💫

@andyroden: We are blessed to have Cunha. Already a £100m player his stock is rising every game. He will save O’Neils job on his own. But to be fair that was a fantastic performance in all areas of the pitch – Dulham never had a sniff. We’re back baby!!! 🧡🖤

@G_Allen_Live: Sack of s**t, every single time we play after an international break we are shocking. #ffc

@BenS_FFC: So sloppy and lethargic from back to front after it went 1-1. Needed something out of this game with four tough fixtures coming back to back. We’re lucky that it wasn’t worse than 4 today.

@MarkJwalker: That’s on Silva to be honest. 5 subs by 70mins is risky and it back fired with an injury. Lack of quality up top, but very good to see Lukic back.

@SareeshZee: Disappointing game and result, losing Anderson definitely didn’t help (and probably made the scoreline look harsher than deserved). Hopefully the team gels for next game with a few more days training together after the international break. ⚪⚫🔴

@Darren28465467: We will be back, just looked like tiredness and luck not on our side. COYW

@A_FordCortina: Laughing at us when you took Raul and Adama huh