WOLVES’ G-Force dealt yet another blow to Aston Villa’s top five hopes – and made sure Rob Edwards’ side are NOT the worst Premier League team ever.
Joao Gomes opened the scoring just after the hour with his first goal in a year – and sub Rodrigo Gomes made it two in the seventh minute of stoppage time.
Wolves may be heading for the drop – but they are making sure they capture some scalps on the way.
Ten days ago, they took a point off Arsenal at Molineux to open up the title race.
And here they stopped stumbling Villa from cementing their place in the top three and putting pressure on Manchester City.
Unai Emery’s side dropped even more points in their bid to qualify for next season’s Champions League.
But Wolves also made it to the 13-point mark – passing Derby’s record Premier League low tally of 11 in 2008.
Emery went into the game aiming to end his Molineux hoodoo – he has never won there as a manager with Villa or Arsenal.
And that run continued for the furious Spaniard who made straight for the tunnel at the final whistle.
Emery has now seen his team win just twice in seven league games.
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Wolves fans sang: ‘One nil to the Championship’ as Edward’s team sealed only their second top flight win of the season.
Ollie Watkins is desperately in need of a goal and started the game ahead of January signing Tammy Abraham – who had scored twice in succssive Villa games.
Watkins, with one goal in 11 games, burst through after six minutes in heavy rain – and looked set to score until Yerson Mosquera took the ball off him with a superbly timed challenge.
Wolves were getting plenty of possession – yet they struggled to do much with it despite Adam Armstrong causing problems up front.
Toti Gomes was presented with a chance after 14 minutes but he volleyed wide from 10 yards.
Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz who volleyed straight at Wolves keeper Jose Sa.
As a scrappy half drew to a close, players from both sides clashed in the Villa area with Armstrong and Torres exchanging words – but it was a frustrated Yerson Mosquera who was booked by ref Craig Pawson.
But the game changed just after the hour mark.
Wolves who opened the scoring two minutes later when Jackson Tchatchoua’s cross was deftly laid off into the path of Armstrong who set up Joao Gomes to smash the ball home from 15 yards.
An increasingly agitated Emery’s response was to bring on Tammy Abraham and Ian Maatsen – with Emi Buendia making way and getting stick from his own team-mates for not leaving the pitch quickly enough.
Abraham almost levelled in stoppage time but saw his close-range shot blocked on the line before Rodrigo Gomes settled it.
