Pedro Neto condemns Southampton to record losing run after Nuno’s tactical tweak

The fine margins within Premier League football were on show once again at St Mary’s as Nuno Espírito Santo’s half-time tweak transformed the fortunes of Wolverhampton Wanderers. For 45 minutes, Nuno’s team looked destined to lose for the second time in four days to Southampton, an outcome which would have plunged the club into its biggest crisis since he arrived at Molineux four years ago. Then, Adama Traoré and Pedro Neto switched wings.

Along with the rest of the Wolves team, they had been entirely ineffective in a first half dominated by Southampton, desperately in need of a win themselves after losing their past five league games — they had never lost six in a row before. Danny Ings gave them the lead with his