Wolves continued their woeful Premier League season with yet another pitiful defeat at the hands of Manchester United.
Rob Edwards’ side have picked up just two points from their opening 15 games this season and are already 13 points shy of safety after losing for the eighth game in a row.
Relegation to the Championship is surely already assured – as is the fact that Wolves will be bottom at Christmas.
Plenty of Wolves fans stayed outside of the stadium until the 15th minute in protest at the club’s current performance on and off the field.
And a somewhat toxic atmosphere at Molineux was not helped when United took the lead soon after with a disastrous goal.
Andre dallied on the ball in midfield, Casemiro tackled him and the ball ran on to former Wolves forward Matheus Cunha.
He squared the ball for Bruno Fernandes, who slipped in the rain but still had time to get up and somehow squeeze the ball through Sam Johnstone and in.
The home fans loudly sang ‘you’re not fit to wear the shirt’ and boos rang out from the stands.
Somehow, Wolves rallied before the break and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde ended a run of 539 Premier League minutes without a goal with a first goal under Edwards in first-half stoppage time.
David Moller Wolfe did well on the left to cut the ball back and Bellegarde slid in to find the bottom corner.
Respite was brief though, and United had already broken through an inexplicably high Wolves line twice in the second half before Bryan Mbeumo restored their lead.
Cunha’s great pass fed Diogo Dalot, who squared for Mbeumo to tap in from an onside position.
Mason Mount then also ran in behind a square Wolves defence to volley in a beautiful dinked ball over the top from Fernandes for the goal of the night.
The traffic was one way, with some home fans leaving with half an hour left, as United rained in 27 shots on goal.
There was time for a handball to be awarded against Yerson Mosquera for handball and Fernandes drilled home from the spot.
Loud boos rang out when nine minutes were added on, but there were no further goals as Ruben Amorim’s side moved up to sixth place.
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