Everton vs Wolverhampton Wanderers LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Rayan Ait Nouri grabbed the winner five minutes into stoppage-time as Wolverhampton Wanderers moved off the foot of the table with a 2-1 victory over Everton in manager Julen Lopetegui’s first Premier League game in charge on Monday.
Ait Nouri scored from close range at the back post after a quick break from the visitors to spark wild celebrations from the players and the bench, and leave Frank Lampard’s strugglers walking off the Goodison Park pitch to boos.
Wolves climbed two places to 18th with 13 points from 16 games, one place and one point behind Everton, who are now in freefall following a six-week break in the Premier League season for the World Cup.
Everton hit the front inside seven minutes with their first goal from a corner all season. Dwight McNeil swung in the set-piece and an unmarked Yerry Mina headed in his first Premier League goal for two years.
But Wolves struck back midway through the first half with a well-worked corner of their own that allowed Joao Moutinho to clip the ball to the back post and Daniel Podence provided a neat volley finish.
Ait Nouri’s late winner came against the run of play as the home side pushed for victory, but Wolves host Manchester United and Everton travel to Manchester City in their next games on Saturday.
Everton vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolves (4-3-3): Jose Sa; Nelson Semedo, Nathan Collins, Maximilian Kiman, Hugo Bueno; Joseph Hodge, Ruben Neves, Joao Moutinho; Daniel Podence, Diego Costa, Hwang Hee-chan.
Everton vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
SUBS: Abdoulaye Doucoure, Tom Davies, Asmir Begovic, Demarai Gray, Thomas Cannon, Mason Holgate, Ben Godfrey, Seamus Coleman, Ruben Vinagre.
Everton vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Everton (4-3-3): Jordan Pickford; Nathan Patterson, Yerry Mina, James Tarkowski, Vitaliy Mykolenko; Alex Iwobi, Idrissa Gueye, Amadou Onana; Anthony Gordon, Neal Maupay, Dwight McNeil.
Everton vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Julen Lopetegui takes charge of his first Premier League game as he looks to take Wolves off the bottom of the league table. He did win his first competitive game as manager after Wolves knocked Gillingham out of the EFL Cup thanks to late goals from Raul Jimenez and Rayan Ait-Nouri.
Everton vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Everton come into this game in 17th place, just a point above the relegation zone. Frank Lampard’s side are winless in their last four competitive fixtures but beat both Celtic and WS Wanderers in friendly matches over the World Cup break. Anthony Gordon scored a hat-trick against the latter as the Toffees won 5-1.
Everton vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
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