Dendoncker sinks Villa to boost Wolves’ Euro bid

Published by Akorede on June 28th, 2020.

Nuno Espirito Santo backed Wolves to step up their bid to qualify for the Champions League after Leander Dendoncker sealed a 1 – 0 win at Aston Villa that lifted them into fifth location inside the Premier League on Saturday .
Nuno’ s side made it three successive victories because the Premier League restart way to Dendoncker ’ s medical finish in the 2d half .
Wolves have yet to concede a aim following the coronavirus hiatus and are now simply two points behind fourth- located Chelsea and 3 beforehand of sixth- located Manchester United .
Both Chelsea and United have a game in hand on Wolves due to their FA Cup involvement this weekend.
But with fifth area doubtlessly imparting Champions League qualification if second – located Manchester City ’ s European ban is upheld , Nuno’ s guys are firmly in competition to play inside the continent ’ s elite club competition for the first time in 60 years.
“ What’ s in the front of us can be very difficult but it ’ s a welcome week to recover. We will put together ourselves to compete and see what happens , ” Nuno said .
“ I’ m very happy for Leander Dendoncker , he offers so much to us and he surely deserves this moment . ”
Wolves are unbeaten in eight league games and feature won 3 successive pinnacle – flight away matches for the primary time for the reason that 1980 .
In contrast , their struggling midlands rivals Villa are with out a win in eight league video games and stay rooted inside the relegation quarter on goal difference.
Second- backside Villa have now played a game more than the teams round them and have just six fits left.
With fixtures against Liverpool and Manchester United up next , Dean Smith’ s team are in serious hazard of an instantaneous return to the Championship .
“ We extra than matched a pinnacle -six crew today but they controlled to get a aim from the edge of the field out of not anything and we didn’ t convert the possibilities we had, ” Smith said .
– Threatening raid –
Smith had complained about the fixture agenda that noticed his crew gambling for the fourth time in eleven days .
His fears were showed when defender Matt Targett limped off with a leg injury after 10 minutes .
Wolves had been on pinnacle and Joao Moutinho ’ s free – kick turned into flicked goalwards through Raul Jimenez, but Orjan Nyland changed into well placed to save .
Matt Doherty led another threatening Wolves raid , the wing- again bursting into the Villa vicinity to shoot into the side– netting.
Villa captain Jack Grealish become being deployed in a crucial midfield role in preference to his usual wider function and he tested Rui Patricio with a low strike from the threshold of the location .
Nyland had got away with a horrendous mistake in Villa ’ s first game of the Premier League restart while he carried the ball into his own internet in opposition to Sheffield United , handiest for Hawk- Eye to fail to award the goal.
Luck changed into on Nyland ’ s aspect again when he threw the ball directly to Diogo Jota late within the first half , but the Wolves forward shot hurriedly over the bar with simply the blundering keeper to beat .
Douglas Luiz became narrowly off course from long variety as Villa tried to exchange the momentum inside the second half .
But Nuno sent on Adama Traore after the spoil and the electric winger without delay made an impact .
Dancing thru the Villa midfield, Traore found Jimenez and his raking pass reached Jonny, who teed up Dendoncker on the brink of the region .
Unleashing a perfectly- positioned low drive , the Belgian midfielder beat Nyland in fashion for his fifth purpose of the season .

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