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Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Gary O’Neil returned to Vitality Stadium to haunt AFC Bournemouth with a 2-1 win over the 10-man Cherries to extend his successor Adoni Iraola’s winless start to nine matches.
After Pedro Neto had hit the bar for Wolves with a brilliant effort, it was the home side who found the early breakthrough in the 17th minute. Debutant Alex Scott drove forward from deep and laid off a pass to Philip Billing, who squared for Dominic Solanke to score with a smart backheel finish.
WIthin 90 seconds of the second half, Wolves pulled level. Half-time substitute Tommy Doyle threaded a pass to Neto who burst forward and found Matheus Cunha, who converted first-time.
It soon went from bad to worse for the home side, Lewis Cook saw red for headbutting Hwang Hee-chan.
The winner came from a Bournemouth goal-kick, as goalkeeper Neto passed to Billing, who was robbed by Hwang Hee-chan, who dinked the ball to substitute Sasa Kalajdzic to score two minutes from time.
The win sends Wolves to 12th with eight points while Bournemouth remain 19th with three points.
AFC Bournemouth report |Wolves report
Match officials
Referee: Paul Tierney. Assistants: Neil Davies, Scott Ledger. Fourth official: James Bell. VAR: Andy Madley. Assistant VAR: Constantine Hatzidakis.
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