Wolves took a great step towards the survival of the Premier League after obtaining an advantage of an old enemy.
No team has more an ax to grind with Var than the wolves, whose fans refuse to say the acronym without a four -letter word that begins with 'F' that precedes it.
And when referee Michael Salisbury stopped playing for what looked like a firm but fair Tackle of Illia Zabarnyi by Bournemouth, traveled fans here in the Vitality Stadium hurried to sing their favorite song.
But those mockers became cheers when Salisbury visited his pitchsis monitor, they saw that Zabarnyi had caught Rayan Ait-Nouri above his ankle, and distributed a red card that he sent to Bournemouth high-flight back to the earth.
The wolves have been on the wrong side of so many VAR calls since the beginning of last season they voted to discard the system completely in the summer. But Vitor Pereira will be glad that no other clubs joined the West Midlanders in that crusade, after Zabarnyi's red changed this contest in favor of his team and sent visitors on his way to possibly his greatest victory of the season.
It was not just that they left with three points after traveling to one of the most form of the country, one with very serious ambitions to do the first four. But to do so on a day when Ipswich lost at home to spurs with difficulties, and one day after Leicester was shattered by Brentford, he felt an important statement in a battle of descent that could simply leave before he really started . It is not surprising that Pereira was humorous to celebrate.
The wolves took a great step towards survival after obtaining an advantage of an old enemy
Referee Michael Salisbury stopped playing for what looked like a firm but fair Tackle of Illia Zabarnyi
A Var Vio review that Zabarnyi had caught Rayan Ait-Nouri over his ankle and the defender was shown a straight red
“It was important for us,” said the Portuguese. 'It is not easy to come here and get points. It was important for Bournemouth to get points to compete for the Champions League, but for us it is to survive and get away from a position we don't like.
I am very happy. We deserved three points. I think I play a pint!
The wolves had shown promising even before Zabarnyi's red card. They carried a threat to the counter, and took an excellent salvation from Kepa Arrizabalaga to maintain the levels when he was 11 compared to 11.
And if it was an unusual view to see them on the right side of a so -called vary, there was nothing surprising to see Matheus Cunha be the man to get them out of the mud. The Brazilian has been one of the best players in the division this season and when the ball fell into space in the box, you knew there was only one result.
Without Cunha committing to a new contract in January in the midst of clubs such as Arsenal, the prospects for the wolves would be very different. Certainly, it is difficult to imagine that they would be five points from the fall with a dozen games to play. But that is where they are, after a day when everything simply left.
Despite the contrasting fortune of these teams, Pereira's men arrived on the southern coast with the history of their side. The wolves had never lost a Premier League at the Vitality Stadium, and it was the visitors who had the first great opportunity.
When Nelson Semedo's shot found the post, Jean -Ricner Bellegare seemed safe scoring from the rebound. But the Arrizalabaga cherry goalkeeper got up from the floor in time and took an arm to deny the Frenchman.
The wolves already seemed dangerous in the break and they were given a massive impulse in the 31st minute when Zabarnyi saw Red for his fault in Ait-Nouri. The Ukrainians divered slightly recklessly and, although he won the ball, his stallions were also planted in the Ait-Nouri pimp. Bournemouth fans howl with anger when referee Salisbury took out a yellow card, and were positively incandescent when he updated it to Red after visiting the pitchsis monitor.
Matheus Cunha then reached his 14th goal from the season to give the wolves the advantage
The wolves had never lost a Premier League at the Vitality Stadium and extended that record
The wolves were able to put the light of clear day between them and the lower three for the first time this season.
“I don't understand the process and consequence,” Iraola complained later. 'The referee saw him live, in a perfect place, and gave a yellow. For the VAR to intervene, it has to be clear and obvious.
'If there are six angles, they show the VAR the worst angle, in slow chamber, stopping it at the worst moment. They have made the decision for him (the referee), obviously. Zaba will effectively lose four games because of this.
The Spaniard had fallen his arms like crazy to load his players after the Red Charter, but his gestures did not have the desired effect. The wolves hit the front five minutes later, Cunha did not make any mistake after the ball kindly for him in the area.
When Dean Huijsen, which cannot generally be fulfilled, passed a ball without pressure, seemed to summarize an unfortunate first half for Bournemouth.
That error had less pitch than the lack of horror of Marshall Munetsi from a few meters in the second half. The Wolves de Reims winter firm should really have had its first goal for the club after Bellegare's Pass found him for free in the box, but somehow they came up to lose their goal.
That will have made Wolves fans feared the worst as a team of the undoubted quality of Bournemouth persecute an equalizer.
But it was the visitors who had the best opportunities in the last stages, since the wolves put the light light between them and the lower three for the first time this season. It is time to pull that pint, vitor, and with a good reason.