Wolves are in the hat for the draw of the fifth round of the FA Cup after beating Blackburn Rovers on Sunday.
Vitor Pereira’s side scored a 2-0 victory over the Championship side at Ewood Park, putting in a professional performance in Lancashire.
Joao Gomes and Matheus Cunha were the goalscorers for Wolves, who really controlled the game, especially in the second-half.
Wolves weren’t great in the opening stages of the game, with the team trying to get used to the conditions as Blackburn showed intensity.
But Wolves’ quality told in the end, and there were a few players who caught the eye of BBC pundit Micah Richards.
Wolves trio catch Micah Richards’ eye in win over Blackburn
It was a solid performance from Wolves, who a lot of teams will probably want to avoid in the next round.
Pereira is clearly taking the competition very seriously, and Wolves do have an axe to grind after their heartbreaking exit at the hands of Coventry City last season.
There were plenty of positive displays yesterday.
Fans lapped up Marshall Munetsi’s debut against Blackburn, and Emmanuel Agbadou also shone once more, with pundit Chris Sutton praising him.
But Micah Richards was left impressed by three players on Sunday, including Hwang Hee-chan, who left the action at half-time due to injury, and Goncalo Guedes.
He said on the Rest Is Football podcast: “I know we talk about Cunha a lot, of course, he gets Player of the Match again today. But I just thought the whole team was very good.
“I think Hwang was really good before he came off injured. Guedes as well at times. With Guedes, he’s such a good player technically and he gets into the right positions, but sometimes they run into each other’s spaces… but if he just had a little bit more composure in front of goal, or the final pass or just be a little bit more clinical… he’s a really good player.
“Semedo as well does a really good job for Wolves.”
Goncalo Guedes a pleasant surprise at Wolves this season
It’s good to hear a bigger-name pundit talking positively about Guedes, because he does deserve acknowledgment.
Back in the summer, nobody really expected the £27.5 million forward (BBC Sport) to be a Wolves player at this point.
| Goncalo Guedes for Wolves this season |
| Appearances – 25 |
| Minutes played – 988 |
| Goals – 5 |
| Assists – 5 |
After a couple of loan spells at Benfica and Villarreal, the feeling was that Guedes would move on, with the suggestion being he didn’t want to be at Molineux.
But Guedes has been good this season, and has really dialled in. Despite all the talk previously, it has looked like he has genuinely wanted to be here and has shown great work rate. He has also provided 10 goal contributions.