Villa Park Play It Again Sports
Wolves earned a deserved two-1 derby win over Aston Villa to move up to seventh in the Premier League table and boost their hopes of European qualification.
Jonny'southward thunderous strike (7) and Ashley Immature's own goal (36) in the first half secured the 3 points for the hosts at Molineux every bit they completed the double over their west Midlands rivals.
Ollie Watkins pulled a goal back with a tardily penalty (86) but Wolves held their nervus to go on the pressure on in the race for Europe.
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Villa have now taken just four points from 39 confronting teams above them in the meridian flight this season, underlining both their consistency bug and fallibility confronting the sides they wish to emulate.
They suffered over again to slip thirteen points behind their opponents, who move above West Ham into seventh and sit down but two points behind the top five.
How Wolves achieved derby victory
Without the banned Raul Jimenez and injured Ruben Neves there was a sense Wolves were underdogs, only they tore into Villa to accept a seventh-infinitesimal lead.
John McGinn slipped to let Joao Moutinho to motor forward, and and then Ezri Konsa stumbled trying to cut out a pass to Daniel Podence.
Information technology allowed the forward into the area and his shot was blocked by the covering McGinn. Lucas Digne then threw himself in front of Fabio Silva's follow-up - only for the ball to autumn to Jonny, who rifled into the meridian corner from 12 yards.
Nine minutes before the break, the hosts grabbed a second in another moment Villa will be desperate to forget.
Again they were too open, Marcal was left with too much space on the left and the Brazilian's cantankerous was headed into his own net by Young.
Information technology was some other baleful moment for Villa - who blew a ii-0 lead and conceded three goals in the concluding x minutes against Wolves in October to lose iii-ii.
Villa at to the lowest degree showed more than bite in the 2d half and with Wolves failing to capitalise on some articulate-cut chances to put the result beyond doubt, the visitors grabbed a lifeline with 4 minutes left.
Watkins and Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa collided, with referee Darren England giving a controversial penalisation which the England forward fired in off the mail service.
Sa then turned Matty Cash's volley wide in injury time to deny Villa, who have now lost three consecutive Premier League games, an unlikely improvement.
Lage: Wolves must learn to kill games
Wolves head omnibus Bruno Lage: "Information technology was a cracking performance from us, especially in the starting time half. Like against Leeds, information technology was two-0 at half-time and we created a lot of chances.
"It'due south the same feeling nosotros had against Leeds (a 3-2 defeat after existence 2-0 upwards). That'south why 2-0 is so dangerous, peculiarly in this competition.
"I'k happy because we won, we played the way we wanted to play, the plan was perfect.
"We need that mentality to kill the game, score the third goal and not to give promise to the opponent.
"When you become into the last seven games, everyone is counting points.
"It'due south going to be hard. When you are in the showtime half of the season, you accept fourth dimension and points in front end of you to reach your goals. From now on we take 21 points to win."
Gerrard: Villa players fighting for futures
Aston Villa caput motorcoach Steven Gerrard: "Nosotros accept only got ourselves to arraign. At the moment we're looking like a 45-minute team and that'due south on me.
"I've got to fix it and I will fix it. The players in the building have to help me set up it now, if not nosotros volition get players in who volition help me fix it.
"It was a game nosotros never turned up for, we are playing against Wolves, a local rival, just you can't come to derbies at half-time. We take gifted Wolves ii goals.
"At half-time we put ourselves in a really difficult position. Everything I asked of the players at half-time onwards they gave me, only when y'all are up against teams at this level, you can't give them a 2-goal starting time."
Wolves dreaming of Europe again
Sky Sports' Dan Sansom:
"Wolves had lost four of their previous six Premier League games before their deserved two-ane derby victory over Aston Villa at Molineux.
"Having thrown abroad a 2-0 lead against Leeds to lose 3-two in their final match before the international break, information technology looked every bit if an impressive debut flavour under head double-decker Bruno Lage was in danger of petering out.
"But despite missing the banned Raul Jimenez and injured Ruben Neves, Saturday'south win over their west Midlands rivals - besides as inconsistent results from the teams around them - means they are still firmly in the hunt for European football game.
"Now above West Ham ahead of their clash with Everton on Sunday, live on Heaven Sports, Wolves will qualify for next flavour's Europa Conference League if they can stay in seventh spot - that's if Crystal Palace fail to win the FA Cup.
"With tough games confronting Manchester Metropolis, Chelsea and Liverpool remaining, fixtures against Newcastle, Burnley, Brighton and Norwich will give Lage encouragement his side can finish the campaign strongly.
"Subsequently reaching the Europa League quarter-finals in 2019/xx under former boss Nuno Espirito Santo, Wolves can dream of playing in Europe once more than and if they can discover some consistency during the run-in, they will exist well on form to accomplish it."
Opta stats: Wolves get the better of Villa again
- Wolves have won four of their last 6 Premier League games against Aston Villa (D1 L1), one more than they'd won in their previous 26 top-flight meetings with the Villans (W3 D9 L14).
- After winning 3 consecutive Premier League games, Aston Villa have now lost three in a row - their longest losing streak since a run of five ending in November 2021.
- Only Norwich (8) have conceded more goals from the penalty spot in the Premier League this flavour than Wolves (6) - while three of Aston Villa'due south last eight Premier League goals against Wolves have come from the spot.
- Since the start of final season, Ollie Watkins has scored 22 Premier League goals, twice as many as any other Aston Villa in this menstruation.
- Ashley Immature scored his first-ever own goal in the Premier League, in what was his 389th advent - he'southward Aston Villa'south oldest own-goal scorer in Premier League history (36y 267d).
- Wolves' wing-dorsum Jonny has scored in consecutive Premier League appearances for the outset time in his career (81st app).
What'due south next?
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Wolves travel to Newcastle on Friday live on Sky Sports Premier League; kick-off at 8pm.
Aston Villa face Tottenham at home on Sabbatum, April 9 live on Sky Sports Premier League; kick-off at 5.30pm.
Source: https://www.skysports.com/football/wolves-vs-a-villa/report/446597
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