Vitor Pereira off to winning start as Wolves triumph 3-0 at Leicester

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New Wolves leader Vitor Pereira sewage disconnected to the cleanable commencement arsenic the visitors blew Leicester distant pinch 3 first-half goals en way to a 3-0 triumph astatine the King Power Stadium.

It was Wolves’ first crippled since sacking Gary O’Neil past play connected the backmost of 4 consecutive Premier League defeats, and his successor Pereira, who arrived from Al Shabab connected Thursday connected a 18-month deal, could hardly person wished for a amended beginning.

Goncalo Guedes opened the scoring aft 19 minutes and Rodrigo Gomes capitalised connected a protect mix-up to double Wolves’ advantage aft 36 minutes, pinch Matheus Cunha putting the crippled to furniture earlier half-time.

The consequence lifted 18th-placed Wolves wrong 2 points of Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Foxes.