Manager Gary O'Neil knows just how important Cunha is to the side. He admitted: “He is huge to us, and all the work we do is around being connected to the team, because he has such ability, but he is one of those players that drifts and takes up positions and trying to find roles for him to do without the ball can be tough.

It also brought a first clean sheet in 23 league games, albeit against a side who lacked any punch to go with their seemingly endless possession, and Wolves’ earliest ever Premier League goal (after one minute and 48 seconds, eclipsing a Matt Jarvis ...