Wolves won an impressive 2-0 victory last evening in the clash against Sheffield United at their opening Premier League.
In six minutes, Raul Jimenez and Romain Saïss’s goals saw the visitors go up with two goals.
Wolves struck twice, in the first six minutes, both goals coming from the heart of the box.
Raul Jimenez opened the scoring when a marvelous Daniel Podence cross was chopped by Aaron Ramsdale.
Then saw Saiss rise above a sea of Blades and Wolves in the sixth minute to plant a Pedro Neto corner kick beyond Ramsdale’s grasp.
By netting a spectacular volley inside the three-minute window the Mexican picked up where he left off, reminding everyone that he remains among the very best marksmen in the top flight.
Romain Saiss doubled the visitors’ lead only three minutes later, all-but ending the game before it even began, and the rest of the game was all about Jimenez’s consistency upfront.
After 20 minutes, Jimenez curled a 20-yard shot wide of the goal.
Blades then brought some more energy out of the half-time locker room as Enda Stevens emerged from in-tight with a left-foot shot over the wall, after he started to find some footing in the match.
John Fleck crushed the far post on a John Lundstram set-up in the 51st minute, and George Baldock couldn’t bring the rebound on the frame through a sea of players.
A corner nearly at the other end gave Wolves their third but Saiss’ strong header bounded the far post-high.
When John Egan trod in the box at the back of his foot, Saiss’s good day nearly ended with an awful injury, but he was able to keep going and saw Ramsdale smash his shot off the bar before Jimenez slapped the rebound wide.
In the second minute of stopping, Saiss then cleared a McBurnie header off the line to avoid a nervous finish.
Sheffield United 0 – 2 Wolves
Goals: 0-1 Jimenez 3′, 0-2 Saiss 6′
Yellow cards: Egan (S), McBurnie (S); Marcal (W)
Sheffield United: Ramsdale, Egan, O’Connell, Basham (McGoldrick 71′), Stevens, Fleck, Norwood (Berge 76′), Lundstram, Baldock, Sharp, McBurnie
Wolves: Patricio, Boly, Coady, Saiss, Traore, Dendocker, Moutinho (Vitinha 86′), Marcal, Neto (Buur 69′), Jimenez, Podence (Neves 76′)
