Wolves were just crying out for a new voice. That was clear some weeks ago, but by the time O’Neil publicly admitted players weren’t standing where he was telling them to on set pieces (16 goals conceded from dead-ball situations this season), the game was up.

Manchester United’s struggles continued in a bruising Boxing Day defeat at Vitor Pereira’s resurgent Wolves as Matheus Cunha scored one and provided another after Bruno Fernandes saw red.Gary O’Neil’s successor followed up Sunday’s 3-0 victory at Leicester with another impressive win as the Portuguese’s first match at Molineux ended with a huge boost in their bid to stay up.

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Vitor Pereira has fulfilled a 14-year ambition to manage in the Premier League but is facing a huge task at Wolverhampton Wanderers, a club deep in relegation trouble.

New Wolves boss Vitor Pereira got off to the perfect start as the visitors blew Leicester away with three first-half goals en route to a 3-0 victory at the King Power Stadium.It was Wolves’ first game since sacking Gary O’Neil last weekend on the back of four straight Premier League defeats,