Manchester United 0 Wolves 1 - Liam Keen and Nathan Judah analysis
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00:00Hello, I'm Nathan Duda, I'm here with Wolverhampton Wanderers reporter, Mr Liam McKean.
00:13Liam, Manchester United nil, Wolverhampton Wanderers won.
00:18Five consecutive Premier League wins, Wolves up to join 13th in the Premier League, the
00:24double over Manchester United.
00:26Wolves officially safe from relegation this season.
00:30I can't quite believe what I'm watching, it is unbelievable.
00:33So, with it for which is win, sorry, loss against Arsenal, as you say, Wolves are, one, officially
00:38safe from relegation, two, first league double over Man United since 1979-80 season, 45 years
00:46ago.
00:47First time they've won five top-flight games in a row since 1970, six unbeaten.
00:53What else can you say?
00:54I mean, he's absolutely astonishing.
00:56He's done a fantastic job.
00:5719th in the table before he was appointed.
01:00Before that Leicester City game, 19th.
01:02It is an astonishing turnaround.
01:04And all credit goes to him, but these players as well.
01:07Even, let's be honest, Wolves were not at their best today.
01:10They had to soak up a decent amount of pressure from an average fan from Manchester United side
01:14for quite some time.
01:15They brought their big boys on.
01:17They brought Bruno Fernandes on.
01:18They brought Dalo on.
01:19They brought Mount on.
01:20And, yeah, it was Wolves who had the quality to finish the game and seal all three points.
01:26Magnificent for those fans down there.
01:27Yeah.
01:27I mean, the fans went mental, deservedly so, because any...
01:30Some bruise might have gone a bit.
01:32You did sort of lunge at me and grab me as it went in.
01:36There's a couple, you know, United faces looking in our direction when that goal went in.
01:39A little bit gone.
01:40But can you blame us?
01:42Can you blame those fans?
01:42Because that, you know, this was a game that was pretty drab.
01:45Yeah.
01:45It wasn't a great game of football.
01:47Wolves won out their best.
01:48United, let's go on.
01:49Are pretty rubbish.
01:50If Wolves were against a better side today, they might have been losing the game at half-time.
01:54And, yeah...
01:55Well, that's the sound of a good side that they don't play.
01:57Exactly, exactly.
01:58But you needed that little moment of quality.
02:00Something just to open the game up.
02:02And, my God, did Pablo Sarabia find it.
02:04I mean, that is a beautiful, beautiful finish.
02:06Left-footed, right to Anana's left, right in the top corner.
02:11It's a gore to strike.
02:13Ryan Aitnori looked very, very upset that he wasn't taking the free kick.
02:16Cunha sort of was consoling him when he wasn't taking it.
02:19And he had a wry smile on his face as he ran towards the away end as Sarabia celebrated.
02:24But, my God, what a finish.
02:25And, look, we said this last time that Sarabia had a starring role in Wolves getting a massive win.
02:30If that's the last time he has a big contribution, then fair play.
02:33If that's the last time now, before he particularly...
02:34He's probably happy for that to be his last goal in England.
02:39That's to be the last one.
02:40And if it is, what a way to go out.
02:41What a finish.
02:42Yeah, look, Wolves obviously had injuries today as well.
02:46Missing Jean-Marie de Bellegarde, Matt Doherty on the bench as well.
02:49And then they lose the keeper minutes before kick-off.
02:52Dan Bentley comes in.
02:53Just a word from him today, because he didn't have loads to do.
02:56It was pretty safe.
02:57But, you know, he has started to defend some set-pieces.
02:59A couple of decent tip-overs.
03:00Was strong all day.
03:01And for him to win that with a clean shoot, I mean a lot to him.
03:03Yeah, it will.
03:04And I think the word I would use would be assured.
03:07I thought he looked very comfortable.
03:09I thought he was very good with distribution, actually.
03:11From a few corners, because Ericsson, we said this during the game.
03:13You tweeted it during the game.
03:14United's biggest threat was coming from dead ball situations.
03:17Ericsson, who may not be quite the player he was physically, has got a fantastic delivery.
03:21And he was causing Wolves some problems with that.
03:23And Bentley, particularly with a few really dangerous corners in that first half, dealt with it really, really well.
03:27He commanded his box.
03:28He was very strong.
03:28So, yes, he didn't have a lot to do in terms of shot stopping.
03:31But what he did do was assured, it was confident, it was comfortable.
03:35And Wolves got through.
03:36And, look, it was a moment of quality that won it.
03:37And this party is going to be going on back in Wolverhampton, I'm sure, when VTor gets back to the Midlands.
03:44We love him, but he's made a rod for his own back now, because he's got to go out.
03:46He's got to go get a drink now.
03:47You can't not go out.
03:48He went out after an Ipswich win.
03:50He's got to go out after double over Manchester United.
03:52Exactly.
03:52Double over Manchester United.
03:53There's going to be a guard of honour going to Wetherspoons tonight.
03:56We'll be there as well.
03:57You know, we don't mind a pint.
03:58If he's buying.
03:59Yeah, definitely.
04:00Well, I mean, the fans were chanting, it's all around VTor.
04:03It's going to be packed on Easter Sunday before Easter Monday.
04:05It's going to be packed, mate.
04:05Oh, my God.
04:06It's going to be mugged.
04:07There's more work for me tonight, isn't it?
04:08We're going to have all the pub tweets going on.
04:09I'm going to be at my desk until midnight.
04:11Well, it's got to do some work for us.
04:12Oh, it's astonishing.
04:13So, yeah, look, I mean, it was a really poor drab game of football for 90% of it.
04:19But our bit of quality unlocked it.
04:20And now we're going away with smiles on our faces.
04:23This Wolves team are in an unbelievable place from where they were.
04:27They've come on leaps and bounds.
04:29There's a lot of individual performances there that weren't particularly great today,
04:32if we're being brutally honest.
04:33But the win seals it off as a remarkable few months for this team.
04:38I mean, VTor's done some job.
04:40And look, I mean, you don't want to count your chickens.
04:42It's one game at a time.
04:42But Leicester City at home next week, you go for six in a row.
04:45Six wins in a row.
04:46In that 1970 year, they actually did win six in a row that year.
04:50So they can match that with a win over Leicester.
04:52And then we've got to do some more research if they win the next one,
04:54which is Man City, of course, away on a Friday night,
04:56for what the record is then.
04:58But I mean, if they continue to break records, continue to win games,
05:00continue to get points, they could finish 13th this season.
05:04I mean, it could be a real remarkable turnaround
05:06from what VTor inherited back in December.
05:09On Easter Sunday, VTor Pereira has resurrected Wolverhampton Wanderers.
05:14Manchester United 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 from the Theatre of Dreams.
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05:23You really built this up.
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05:26That was very loud.