That’s all for this blog.

Liverpool v Leicester is here:

And the Wolves v Manchester United match report is here:

Good night.

Pereira on Cunha’s goal direct from a corner: “We tried to put this ball inside [the six-yard box, I think he means]. But it’s his quality. It’s not about work. It’s individual quality. Matheus Cunha in my opinion can reach a high standard in this league.”

And secondly on Cunha setting up Hwang at the end: “This is what I ask them to be. For me, a player who has a chance to score, who [instead] assists, this is the true spirit of the team. I am very happy. I cannot explain what I am feeling inside. It’s something I cannot express what I feel inside. But I’m very, very happy.”

He will remember his first home win with Wolves for a long time? “It was a fantastic experience. And I want to repeat, as soon as possible.

“I agree with you, we have to keep hold of Matheus Cunha in January.”

“I think we have good players with quality,” says the victorious coach, Vitor Pereira. “We were just missing a mental “click” to play. [Before he arrived.]

“With the commitment today, with the supporters with us, it’s something special … The Premier League is very special. I am happy inside. It took a long time to come here.”

He is making it look easy with two wins from two, suggests Manish Bhasin on Amazon Prime Video.

“No, it’s not easy. It’s not easy. The [other] teams they have a lot of quality. When you believe in work. When the communication is simple communication … we know the tasks, everyone knows what they should do on the pitch … and it’s the quality of the players as well.

“Usually my teams have good defensive organisation. Of course, I like to see my defensive line as a clock, a Swiss clock, with good co-ordination.

“But the men in attack and midfield, they must understand when we should press, and when we should wait. These are the two moments we need to understand as a team.”

Have the Wolves players surprised him? “Before I came, before I accepted the job, I studied the team. In my opinion this team has quality. We need the supporters’ energy. Today we showed energy, positive energy, confidence in ourselves. Confidence in the teammate. Confidence in the work we do every day. This is what it is.

“I said to the players, it’s not just about tactical things. It’s about spirit, about energy, the commitment and confidence.

“In our life, if we don’t have confidence in ourselves, it’s impossible to achieve the target.”

It was impossible to ignore the shift in mood, the supporters singing the name of their charismatic Portuguese head coach, parachuted in to solve a myriad issues but chiefly the miserable results and the leaky defence. Determined to immerse himself in the local culture, he and his staff spent Christmas Day enjoying a traditional lunch at a local pub a few miles out of town. Then there is the friction between those who pay their money in the stands and those who spend it in the boardroom. It has been an unhappy picture for a while, the players presumably thinking of an appropriate escape route. The problem for Ruben Amorim is that Vítor Pereira was the manager who triumphed here.

“I feel so happy,” says Matheus Cunha, who scored the first goal direct from a corner and was excellent throughout. “Thank you. We didn’t start the season well, but Vitor has brought a lot of energy … it means a lot, in the stadium, you can see how happy people are.

“He [Pereira] came in with a lot of energy. He said to us: for 18 years he dreamed to be in the Premier League. You can see this, you can see the energy. We are bringing it to the pitch and showing people what we can do.”

Cunha reveals that he was aiming for the goal with the corner that went straight in. It was all planned and the aim of his teammates was to “manage the goalkeeper.” How interesting!

After the Boxing Day shenanigans so far: Manchester United are 14th, Spurs are 11th, Newcastle are fifth, and Nottingham Forest are up to third!

Reaction from Molineux coming up, but Simon Burnton also has Liverpool v Leicester here:

Amorim and his Wolves counterpart, Pereira, have a cursory handshake on the touchline. Amorim looks gutted, understandably, but then he’s out on the pitch and appears to urge his players to go and thank the fans, despite a third straight defeat.

Good evening, Luke McLaughlin here, ready to bring you reaction after the latest chapter in Manchester United’s perma-crisis.

Wolves seal it on the break. Cunha and Hwang ran from inside their own half, with only Martinez in the same postcode. He was left in the slipstream of Cunha, who drew Onana and gave the goal to Hwang.

90+6 min Cunha, the player of the match by a distance, draws a foul to eat up another 30 seconds. You can see why Arsenal are apparently keen on him.

90+6 min Antony’s deep cross finds Maguire, who tries to loop a header back across Sa from 12 yards. He doesn’t get enough on it and Sa makes a comfortable save.

90+4 min The home fans aren’t happy when Maguire gets away with a perceived handball on the halfway line. No matter, the resulting attack soon peters out.

90+2 min: Wolves substitutions Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Craig Dawson replace Jorgen Strand Larsen and Nelson Semedo.

90+1 min Nothing comes of the corner. Nada. Sweet bugger all.

90+1 min Blimey, there will be eight minutes of added time. Eriksen’s free-kick from the left is headed behind for a United corner. For the first time all night, Wolves are hanging on.

90 min Doherty fouls Garnacho on the left wing and is booked.

88 min Jose Sa comes a long way from his line to claim Martinez’s cross with authority.

87 min United appeal for a penalty when Maguire (I think) goes over while trying to reach Mazraoui’s cross from the right. Nothing doing, and it’s been cleared by VAR.

86 min In fact they put the wrong number on the board: it’s Rayan Ait-Nouri who is coming off.

86 min: Wolves substitution Rodrigo Gomes replaces Jorgen Strand Larsen.

85 min Eriksen and Casemiro have given United more composure on the ball and they are having their best spell of the second half. This, admittedly, isn’t saying much.

84 min “A goal direct from a corner is certainly not something new,” writes Giovanni Cafagna. “For Italians of my generation (born 1969) the name Massimo Palanca rings multiple bells and whistles. Nicknamed the O’Rey of the Corner Flag, he holds the umbeaten record of 13 goals scored from a corner. He’s also remembered for another record: he had the smallest feet recorded in Italian football, a size 37 equivalent to UK 4.5.”

Crikey, he sounds like a great subject for a Forgotten Story.

82 min Casemiro’s cross is headed onto the roof of the net by Garnacho (I think). A tricky chance, but still one of the best United have created.

81 min Eriksen loses his man on the right with a clever touch and whacks a cross towards Zirkzee in the middle. Jose Sa gets to it first and holds on.

79 min: Double substitution for Man Utd Joshua Zirkzee and Alejandro Garnacho replace Rasmus Hojlund and Amad Diallo.

79 min Cunha stays down after getting a dig in the ribs from Diallo as they jumped for a loose ball.

78 min If it stays like this Man Utd will have lost four of their last five league games, the exception being the late win at the Etihad.

77 min Larsen has another goal ruled out for offside. This time he was yards beyond the defence, and he knew it.

75 min “United’s strategy?” wonders Liz White.

I adore that song, although the Mokran mix is even better IMO, so please don’t associate it with this rabble.

74 min: Double substitution for Wolves Hwang Hee-chan and Tommy Doyle replace Goncalo Guedes and Joao Gomes.

72 min Wolves are starting to sit on their 1-0 lead, understandable in the circumstances but also risky. Mind you, United haevn’t looked like scoring all night.

70 min Antony cuts inside from the right and ripples the side netting with a low drive from 20 yards. Not a bad effort but Sa had it covered.

69 min Wolves break four on four, only for Larsen to hit a cross straight at Onana. A better ball would have given Guedes a tap-in.

68 min Antony’s cross is headed towards goal by Casemiro and saved easily by Jose Sa.

65 min I’m more convinced than ever that Man Utd made a big mistake by pressuring Amorim to join mid-season. He needs as much time as possible on the training ground; instead he has to watch his players haemmorhage more goodwill every few days. I suspect he’ll be fine in the long run but this false start has already made next season harder than it needed to be.

63 min: Triple substitution for Man Utd Casemiro, Antony and Christian Eriksen replace Leny Yoro, Manuel Ugarte and Kobbie Mainoo. That’ll lift the average age of the side, if nothing else.

60 min That goal was coming from the moment Bruno Fernandes was sent off. Man Utd’s confidence looks shot.

He tried this in the first half as well, clipping an extravagant inswinger under the crossbar. Onana punched it away on that occasion but this time he couldn’t reach the ball, under pressure from Doherty and Bueno, and the ball nestled in the far corner.

Onana thinks he was fouled by Doherty but the goal has been cleared by VAR. I’d like to see that again as Doherty did raise his arm to jockey Onana, though probably not enough for it to be a clear and obvious error.

57 min Man Utd look like a team waiting to concede. I’d be tempted to bring Garnacho on, perhaps for Hojlund, and play with him and Diallo as split strikers.

55 min Ait-Nouri’s crisp shot from the edge of the area has the sting taken out of it by Maguire and dribbles through to Onana. It’s all Wolves now, as you’d expect given their man advantage.

54 min Ugarte is booked for delaying a Wolves restart. He’ll also miss the Newcastle game.

52 min Larsen’s first-time shot from a tight angle is beaten away by Onana, though once again he went too soon and was offside. There are chances out there for him if he can delay his runs in behind.

52 min That’s Fernandes’s third red card of the season, although the first (against Spurs) was later rescinded. This one means he’ll miss the game against Newcastle at Old Trafford on Monday.

51 min “Radiohead. yep totally,” says Karen As’adi. “You could easily put ‘Let Down’ as a soundtrack for that first half.”

I was thinking track 9 on OK Computer rather than track 5.

50 min: No goal. Yep, Larsen went a split-second too early; a shame as it was a deft finish.

50 min It’s still being checked…

49 min: Disallowed goal for Wolves! Semedo gets away from Dalot and whacks a cross that is headed in deftly by Larsen. And then the flag goes up for offside. It’s being checked but I think he was ahead of the ball when Semedo played it.

46 min Matheus Cunha begins the second half for Wolves.

“I’m no tactical genius,” says Peter Oh, “but it seems obvious to me that the weather conditions call for a fog-fog-two? Two solid banks of fog.”

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45 min One minute of added sweat and toil.

44 min The scoreline is a fair reflection of a fairly poor first half. Wolves have been slightly more threatening in transition that United have in possession, but the xG – around 0.25 apiece – tells the story.

42 min “When the commentator I’m listening to said the fog had returned to Molineux, I wasn’t sure if he meant literally or figuratively,” sys Liz White. “He also said both teams were ‘playing good football, at times’, lol. Happy Christmas!”

The commentator clearly hasn’t got the foggies- oh never mind. Anyone for Radiohead?

41 min At the other end Diallo has a shot from the edge of the area well blocked by the stretching Toti.

39 min The corner almost catches Onana out at the near post. He punches clear but Wolves come again through Semedo, whose shot from 30 yards takes a big deflection and loops towards goal. Onana scrambles desperately across and is relieved to see it swerve this far wide.

38 min There’s a proper player in Ait-Nouri I think. He’s still only 23 so there’s scope for improvement, not to mention anger management, but he’s such a lovely dribbler already. As I type that he runs at Mazraoui to win a corner for Wolves.

36 min Ait-Nouri runs at Mazraoui and drives an inviting ball that flashes across the six-yard box and behind for a goalkick. Gerd Muller used to dream of crosses like that.

36 min When Channel 5 finally get their act together and compile the 100 Greatest Boxing Day First Halves, this will not trouble the judges.

35 min Fernandes’s angled free-kick is won in the air by Dalot beyond the far post. The ball flies towards Martinez, whose instinctive flicked header is comfortably saved by Jose Sa. Not much of a chance.

33 min Joao Gomes leaves a bit on Bruno Fernandes and is booked.

31 min I forgot to say that it’s very foggy at Molineux. Any excuse.

30 min A comical shank from Ugarte, 25 yards from goal, turns into a perfect pass for Diallo. He tries an imaginative scoop towards Fernandes but the space is too tight and Jose Sa claims the ball.

29 min Diallo’s corner is headed back to him, at which point he’s challenged well by Cunha.

28 min Mainoo angles a sharp cutback towards Dalot, who makes a good run infield and whips an early shot that is deflected over for a corner.

26 min: Good save by Onana. Semedo curls a good cross towards Larsen, who jumps early to get above Maguire and powers a downward header towards goal. There’s no pace on it but it kicks up awkwardly and Onana has to react smartly to tip it over the bar.

25 min Hojlund almost catches out Jose Sa, who dawdles on the ball but then chips it calmly away from Hojlund’s attempted block.

23 min Guedes makes ground on the break and cuts across a long-range shot that rises too quickly and clears the crossbar.

20 min: Good save by Sa! Dalot wanders infield from the left and curls a fine effort towards the far corner from 22 yards. Sa dives a long way to his left to push it behind.

19 min Cunha tries to surprise Onana from the resulting free-kick, curling towards the near post with everyone waiting on the far side for a cross. Onana saves comfortably to his left.

18 min Mainoo curls a teasing cross from the right that only just evades Hojlund eight yards from goal. That was crying out for a Keith Houchen header.

Wolves break through Cunha, who beats Mazraoui with a lovely bit of footwork. Fernandes trips him and is booked.

15 min Doherty nicks the ball off Fernandes, who was given a poor pass by Dalot, and keeps running. The ball is returned to Doherty on the right side of the area and he slides a low, first-time cross that is well claimed by the diving Onana. Larsen was waiting behind him and would have had an open goal.

13 min Fernandes’s free-kick from the right is punched away by the flying Jose Sa. United are dominating possession without really penetrating the Wolves defence.

11 min For the second time in the game Mainoo overhits a fairly simple pass to Hojlund on the wing. Hojlund, who had made a good run from centre to left, throws his hands in frustration.

10 min Wolves are happy for United to have the ball in the middle third and are only really engaging when they get beyond that. At the moment it’s stalemate.

7 min Fernandes plays a slick one-two with Mainoo on the edge of the area and has a shot blocked, possibly by Andre.

4 min Cunha gets away from Yoro, who pulls him back and is booked.

4 min Ugarte makes a good tackle on Joao Gomes and tries to put Hojlund through from the halfway line with a sliderule pass. It’s slightly underhit and Hojlund was offside anyway.

2 min “Now, don’t get me wrong, it is very funny,” says Matt Dony. “But, even as a Liverpool fan, it all seems wrong. My formative football years were wrapped up with Fergie steamrollering all comers. It didn’t seem like anything would ever change. But oh boy, has it changed. Even in those post-Ferguson years, at what seemed like low ebbs, I always had a sneaking suspicion they could roar back into life. Those years were still dotted with trophies and occasional good performances. It doesn’t feel like that now, though. And weirdly, that makes me sad. United shouldn’t be this team in this position. It isn’t right. I don’t like it. And yet, here we are. 14th on Boxing Day. It’s amazing.”

Trul, Matthew: be careful what you wish for.

1 min Almost a chance for United after 20 seconds. Mazraoui nicked the ball off Cunha, took a return pass from Hojlund and angled a cross that evades both Hojlund and Fernandes in the middle.

1 min Peep peep. Man Utd, in their retro white change strip, kick off from left to right as we watch.

Here come the players. These players, to be exact.

Wolves (3-4-2-1) Sa; Doherty, S Bueno, Tito; Semedo, Andre, J Gomes, Ait-Nouri; Guedes, Cunha; Larsen.
Substitutes: Johnstone, Hwang, Dawson, R. Gomes, Doyle, Forbs, Bellegarde, Meupiyou, Lima.

Man Utd (3-4-2-1) Onana; Yoro, Maguire, Martinez; Mazraoui, Ugarte, Mainoo, Dalot; Diallo, Fernandes; Hojlund.
Substitutes: Bayindir, de Lijt, Evans, Casemiro, Collyer, Eriksen, Antony, Garnacho, Zirkzee.

The updated Premier League table

West Ham’s win at St Mary’s means Man Utd have dropped to 14th before kick off.