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Wolves 1 Everton 1 - Liam Keen and Nathan Judah analysis
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08/03/2025
Wolves 1 Everton 1 - Liam Keen and Nathan Judah analysis
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Hello, I'm Nathan Judah, I'm here with Wolves reporter, Mr. Liam Keane. Liam, Wolverhampton
00:13
Wanderers won, Everton won. Not a classic, not going to be talking about this for years
00:18
to come, yet at the same time this could be a very important point come the end of the
00:23
season. Yeah, I think so. I think we'd have all taken a point. Everton coming into this
00:27
game were 7 unbeaten in the Premier League. David Moyes did a fantastic job in getting
00:33
them out of trouble and keeping them out of this relegation battle. And despite them having
00:37
a few injuries, a few knocks themselves, they're a difficult side at the moment to play. And
00:41
I thought Wolves probably edged it. I think Wolves probably edged it on the overall performance.
00:45
I think if Wolves had nicked a winner at the end there, Everton wouldn't have had too many
00:49
complaints, but a point is probably about right. I think it's a fair result. It's about
00:53
right. Wolves may be missing a little bit of that clinical edge going forward, but I
00:59
thought defensively... Well, he was sat in the executive box for clinical edge. Yeah.
01:03
But there were lots of very good performances defensively. Defensively, all three of the
01:06
back three, Doc, Agbidu and Totti, I thought all of them were excellent. I thought Andrei
01:11
Xhalgomes were fantastic. Maybe one of their best games as a pairing. As a pairing, I completely
01:16
agree. I thought they were both fantastic. I thought Belagard was brilliant again. Manezi
01:21
takes his goal really well. Maybe a little bit quiet before that, but I thought he was
01:23
growing into it, using his physical abilities really well. And a player off the bench in
01:28
Pablo Sarabia, who I thought had a really good impact, actually. A lot of really good
01:31
deliveries, goes close with a free kick and was lively. So you could go across the border,
01:38
really. It was a solid performance from Wolves and they earned the point. It was a hard-earned
01:42
point and they showed a bit of bottle. They battled and they fought and they earned that
01:47
point. And as you say, it could be a really important one. Yeah, look, they show character
01:50
as well, going 1-0 down. Disappointing goal positionally. It was a disappointing goal
01:54
to concede. Unlucky as well, with the deflection as well. Yeah, unlucky with the deflection.
01:58
That's been going on, but at the same time, you can't have that space at the edge of the
02:02
box there and you're asking for trouble. It's made us well out of position as well. Well
02:04
out of position, yeah. So it was a disappointing goal to concede. Pereira wasn't happy. And
02:08
you could have hidden then. You could have really just gone into the shell and they didn't.
02:14
They came back, they got the equaliser. When you're 1-0 down here, Everton are under the
02:17
lights of the TV game. Pressure's on you. And they showed a bit of metal, like you say,
02:21
a bit of bottle, to be fair to them. I think Manez, let's see what the injury is at this
02:25
moment in time. I know he's carrying it, going into it. Hopefully it's not too serious. But
02:28
he just threatened with the header as well, hadn't he? Yeah. So that was a really good
02:32
save from Pickford and then scored his goal. I think that will help him as well because
02:35
we all know the chances that he's had and he hasn't put them away. Getting his first
02:39
goal in Wolves clubs will definitely help him going forward. Yeah, 100%. And it was
02:41
a nice goal as well. It was a nice team goal. Aiden Norridge as well to carry the ball,
02:45
feed a little pass inside for Bellegarde, who I've reiterated again, I thought was excellent
02:50
all night tonight. Confident on the ball. Very, very confident. It's amazing what confidence
02:53
can do for a player and all of a sudden... And it's a slightly different position in
02:56
this front three because he's not being asked to follow the touchline. He's able to come
02:59
inside and it's suiting him down to the ground at the moment. Picks the ball up, charges
03:03
forward, feeds a lovely pass through and Manez slides in. Slightly unsighted by the defender
03:08
who misses it and then he just gets enough on it to take it past Pickford. But it was
03:12
a nice goal. It was a good moment for him. Something that I think will really help and
03:16
aid his confidence and we'll find out, speak to Pereira about the injury and hopefully
03:20
he's okay. But if he is, we both said in that first half, that team that started tonight
03:24
is probably the team that plays the next few games. I think so. Look, we talk about you
03:28
saying maybe Wolves aged it and quite rightly so. They had a great chance, I think towards
03:33
the end of the game, but then bang, Everton broke and we talk about the good performances.
03:36
Well, Jose Sala against Benfield there, 1-1. That is a save that's got them a point there.
03:41
So you've got to give him credit as well. Exactly that. I was going to say, I mentioned
03:44
a lot of individuals and I think collectively the team was played really well, but at big
03:48
moments when individuals had to step up, they did. Jose Sala was pretty much untroubled
03:52
all night tonight. Obviously the goal goes in, it's meant to take a massive deflection
03:56
and he's not at fault for that. Otherwise, he didn't have a lot to do. I thought he came
04:00
out and claimed a few crosses really well, came out and punched a few crosses as well,
04:04
which I thought he did. He was commanding in his area. And then the one big moment that
04:07
he does have, when Everton break, Alcres finds Beto, maybe a slightly tame shot, but
04:13
regardless it's 1-1. I think it's a good save. I do think it's a good save. He pushes it
04:19
away perfectly, goes down perfectly and salvages Wolves. What would have been an unjust defeat,
04:26
but when all the individuals were needed, they stepped up and that was the important
04:30
part. But like I say, no Mateus Cunha tonight, so they had to change. There was a different
04:34
formation. They had to show what they're about and I think this is a team now and they've
04:38
got to take it in this mini six game period or five game period now, or four games if
04:42
it's pretty much, we'll see what happens. But they've got one out of the way. They've
04:45
got a point. They've extended that gap on Ipswich and Leicester. That goal difference
04:49
is even better now, 13 as it stands. So all in all, it's been a very good, Leicester still
04:53
got to play of course, but this has been a challenge. Yeah. So they're going to get hammered.
04:57
Please don't say that. But it's a very good weekend isn't it so far for Wolves. We'll
05:03
take that. It is. We're not going to keep on winning and winning and winning. You know,
05:06
if you can extend that gap without your talismanic striker and you do that week to week to week,
05:11
they're going to be in a great position. This is a good, good evening. It is a good evening.
05:14
It is. Wolves showed a lot of character, bottle of fights and could have nicked it. The fans
05:19
were with them. Um, they pretty much dominate the most of that second half apart for obviously
05:24
better having that big chance. Um, every time we go through the motions a little bit and
05:28
were camped in their own, in their own half and in their own boxing for quite a lot of
05:31
it. Um, and, and, and Wolves showed a lot, I thought, uh, character for a side that is
05:37
missing that player as well. It's not just the performance in itself, but it's the context
05:41
around it and the fact that they were missing a player as important as Mateus Cunha. So
05:44
uh, it will be an important one. Ipswich losing obviously late on as well to Palace was massive.
05:49
Um, Saints losing a leader at Liverpool and losing that game. It was an opportunity. Yeah.
05:55
Burnley have got more chance of staying in the league than Southampton. Yeah, I know,
05:59
but I've just, I've got to mention them. I've got to mention them. Um, cause we're playing
06:03
them next week. I've got to tell you, this could be, this will get replayed if they end
06:06
up beating us next week. Um, yeah, true. Um, and, uh, and with a ridiculous, by the way,
06:13
8pm kickoff, uh, Wolves have to go and do the business and they did. A win would have
06:17
been perfect, but I think it's a good point against a team that doing well. Um, and I
06:21
think Pereira got the team right, he got his changes right and the team performed. Yeah,
06:25
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