Wolverhampton achieved a huge victory on Saturday by defeating Tottenham 2-1 away. The great hero of the match was João Gomes, the Brazilian who made his debut as a scorer this season by scoring the double that gave his team the victory.
The three points consolidated the Wolves in the middle of the table in the current Premier League, far from the relegation places and also from the positions that qualify for European competitions. For its part, the defeat led the London team to drop to fifth place, leaving the places that give passage to the Champions League to go to the one that gives a ticket to the Europa League.
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Beyond this, the performance of Gomes and his partner in the midfield axis, the Gabonese Mario Lemina, led to praise pouring in from someone who knows the position very well, the former Liverpool and Fullham star Danny Murphy , who played around 600 games in English football.
“They set the tone absolutely fabulously. They have a good partnership,” he told the British BBC. “They work well together in defense, they retreat and cover gaps, and with the ball they have faith and great technical ability,” he added.
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— João Gomes (@GomesOficial08) February 18, 2024
“Defensive work in midfield is something that sometimes goes unnoticed, but you can’t win games in the Premier League unless your midfielders do the hard and dirty work, and they did it brilliantly. Both of them are outstanding,” he said.
The Wolves, who have fellow Brazilian Matheus Cuhna as the second highest scorer this season behind the South Korean Hwang Hee-Chan, will play again in the Premier League on February 25 at home against bottom team Sheffield United. And on February 28 they will have a decisive match against Brighton in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
