Wolves likely have the most OTT entrance music in the Premier League: a drum’n’bass version of Whole Lotta Love belted out over a back drop of pitchside flamethrowers and lightning flashes on the hoardings. You half expect WWE wrestlers to emerge from the tunnel, not a football team, but on this night Wolves lived up to the bombast and delivered a full metal racket of a performance to take a desperately needed three points.

A crashing drive from Jean Ricner-Bellegarde after a sweeping move across the field looked to have been enough to decide this game, only for Matheus Cunha to make it safe for Vitor Pereira’s side with a fabulous solo goal in added time. He twisted he turned, he held the ball up, then the Brazilian finally fired across Emiliano Martínez inside the far post, inspiring excelsis in the Jack Hayward stand.

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