The closing match of the Premier League’s tenth round took place outside Birmingham, where Wolverhampton Wonderers welcomed Rafa Benitez’s Everton. And it was not a warm welcome – Wolves extended their undefeated streak 5 games – in four of those they came out victorious. Final score 2-1 with the Nigerian Alex Iwobi scoring the consolating goal for the visitors.Bruno Lage is slowly putting all the pieces together. His wolfpack is is on a roll with 4 wins in five matches (the draw came against Leeds last week) an tonight’s win over the Toffees from Liverpool serves as another confidence boost. In fact, since the start of September, only Chelsea and Arsenal have picked up more league wins.In the opposite dug out this evening, Benitez has been doing not so good lately – Everton lived through their third defeat in a row.It was obvious from the very start that the hosts wanted to take the matter to their own ‘feet’. In the 10th minute, Ruben Neves was unlucky – a brilliant save by Jordan Pickford stopped the ball from hitting the bottom left corner.The Hammer struck Villa – West Ham tied with Manchester CityNew opportunity for the Wolves came four minutes later with the Barcelona loanee Trincao testing Pickford, however, England’s national team goalkeeper did his job.Wolves scored a minute after via Hee-Chan Hwang, however his goal was nullified as the Korean was offside before getting the ball inside the box.Wolves kept attacking, play after play they were getting closer to changing the scoreboard, It finally happened in the 28th minute. Rayan Ait Nouri sent a perfect corner cross found Max Kilman, who jumped highest and coolly planted a header into the left side of the goal.Kilman scored his first ever goal for Wolves, on what is his 44th appearance for the club in all competitions.Bruno Lage’s plan was realizing in front of his eyes – lively high press made Everton unsure with the ball. So unsure that in the 32nd minute they trailed by two. After a catastrophic error from Ben Godfrey, a chance was gifted to Raul Jimenez. Mexican striker poked the ball into the back of the net from close range.DON Raúl Jiménez! pic.twitter.com/cWrNiuYwml— El Tío Chanfle 🐐 (@TioChanfle) November 1, 2021 Jiménez scored more Premier League goals for Wolves than any other player at Molineux (19), with this being his first there in the competition in over a year, since scoring against Newcastle last October.Just before the half time whistle, Everton players showed some spirit as Mason Holgate wasted a huge opportunity. He received a fine cross from the free kick and fired a decent shot in from close range but the ball sailed just over the crossbar.Benitez must have given quite a speech to his men during the break because Everton showed more determination in the second period. They were not as near as dangerous as the home team in the first half but they looked much better and it looked more like an even game.Richarlison, who was almost invisible in the first period of the match, had a great chance inside the goal box in the 55th minute. He shot low to the middle of the goal, but Jose Sa pulled off an exquisite save to deny him.Wolves responded in the 60th minute – Jimenez was painfully close to scoring a brace but his header crashed against the right post.The ball was going back and forth between two boxes and out of a slow build up, Everton cut Wolves’ advantage in half. In the 66th minute, Alex Iwobi was in the right place at the right time to get to the rebound inside the box and rifled the ball low inside the right post.Nigerian scored his first goal in 24 Premier League appearances, with his previous strike coming in this exact fixture at Wolves in January last season. Iwobi has netted three times versus Wolves in the Premier League, more than against any other opponent.Albeit Everton woke up in the second half, Wolves were still more organized. They almost scored their third in the 70th minute when Trincao spurned a good chance. He tried with a shot from inside the penalty box, but it went just wide of the left post.If only Everton played in the first half as they did in the second… Liverpool’s Blues had a couple of promising chances in the final ten minutes but they lacked much needed confidence in finishing those plays.After a good start of the season, Benitez and his Everton stand at disappointing tenth. Wolves are in a better position – they are 7th and completely fine with that.PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 10SaturdayLiverpool – Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 (2-1)/Henderson 4, Mane 24 – Mwepu 41, Trossard 65/Man City – Crystal Palace 0-2 (0-1)/Zaha 6, Gallagher 88/Burnley – Brentford 3-1 (3-0)/Wood 4, Lowton 32, Cornet 36 – Ghoddos 79/Newcastle – Chelsea 0-3 (0-0)/James 65, 77, Jorginho 81/Watford – Southampton 0-1 (0-1)/Adams 20/Tottenham – Man.Utd 0-3 (0-1)/Ronaldo 39, Cavani 64, Rashford 87/SundayNorwich – Leeds 1-2 (0-0)/Omobamidele 58 – Raphinha 56, Rodrigo 60/Aston Villa – West Ham 1-4 (1-2)/Watkins 34 – Jonhson 7, Rice 38, Fornals 80, Bowen 84/MondayWolverhampton – Everton 2-1 (2-0)/Kilman 28, Jimenez 32 – Iwobi 66/
