Former Premier League striker Alan Shearer has included Wolves star Jose Sa in his latest Premier League Team of the Week.
The 29-year-old is the sole representative for Wolves, after the team’s 2-0 win over Brentford.
Diego Costa scored his first goal for Wolves, and Hwang Hee-chan scored after coming off the bench.
Wolves were stung by another awful decision when 1-0 up, with referee Paul Tierney failing to award a penalty for a foul by David Raya on Toti Gomes. His decision was then upheld by VAR Stuart Attwell.
Thankfully, Wolves played too well for it not to matter.
The win has now put Wolves seven points clear of the relegation zone.
There were plenty of great individual performances for Wolves. And Shearer has recognised Sa for his contributions in the game.
The 29-year-old actually didn’t have the busiest of afternoons thanks to the great defending on show in front of him.
But he did make one very important save from a header from Vitaly Janelt towards the end.
And in injury-time, Sa was on hand to thwart Ivan Toney, who had been very quiet in the game.
The England striker shot with his left foot towards the near post, and Sa got a touch on the ball as it crashed against the woodwork.
In his assessment of Sa, Shearer said (via Premier League): “A couple of excellent saves to keep a clean sheet that helped Wolves move away from danger.”
Jose Sa has been looking very solid for Wolves lately
It is nice to see Sa be acknowledged for his efforts on Saturday.
He has actually had better and busier games this season.
But he showed his quality by keeping his concentration and keeping Brentford out towards the end of the game.
The star has generally looked pretty solid since coming back from the World Cup, and he has been key in helping Wolves pull away from the relegation zone.
Sa is the only representative in Shearer’s team this week.
Certainly, Craig Dawson, Matheus Nunes and Diego Costa can count themselves a little unlucky not to feature.