After leading Wolverhampton Wanderers to a decisive 2-0 victory over Aston Villa the previous time out, Vitor Pereira will be confident that his team can avoid the Premier League relegation.
After limiting Unai Emery’s away team to a single, crucial game, the relegation-threatened Old Gold were fully rewarded for their victory at full time.
Pereira would have been happy to see Matheus Cunha add another goal to his Premier League record for the season, but he would have been even more delighted by this tenacious comeback.
With a new face expected to join the former Stade De Reims star in the center of defense, it appears like newcomer Emmanuel Agbadou has already adapted to the English game like a duck to water.
Wolves’ deadline signing of Djiga
Right at the death of the window, Pereira added in another new defensive body in the form of Red Star Belgrade star Nasser Djiga, with the options now available to the Portuguese head coach looking plentiful.
Indeed, in the centre-back spots, the ex-Al Shabab manager has the aforementioned Agbadou that he can rely on who won a startling 18 duels recently against Arsenal, on top of rocks such as Matt Doherty and Toti Gomes who performed in a similarly valiant manner versus Villa.
As can be seen looking at their glowing numbers above, Pereira might well feel inclined to stick with this formidable trio moving forward, with a back-to-basics approach keeping Villa very much at bay.
With the added presence of Djiga to come – who boasts five clean sheets in league action this season playing in Serbia – all of this positivity could unfortunately signal the end of this stalwart’s time at Molineux who hasn’t featured since December.
Indeed, Craig Dawson’s playing days at the Old Gold had already started to unravel, with the 34-year-old only making three Premier League appearances during Pereira’s tenure to date.
Only keeping one clean sheet during his 15 league games this season too, with Gary O’Neil once regularly picking the Wolves number 15 when still in charge, it does feel as if the end is in sight now for the top-flight veteran in the West Midlands.
After all, if rumors from deadline day are to be believed, the poor top-flight team was prepared to sell Dawson to Leicester City in exchange for the return of former Old Gold star Conor Coady before deciding to acquire Djiga.
That won’t exactly give the £45k-per-week asset much hope that he can regain a starting position under Pereira. As a result, the Portuguese manager is more than justified in choosing to try something new at the back right now rather than going back to Dawson’s leaky performances.
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