Leicester 0 Wolves 3: Danny Ward blunders hand Vitor Pereira early Christmas present as new boss gets huge win
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Sponsored by. LEICESTER CITY owner Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha spread some Festive cheer by dishing out cuddly Foxes and City scarves to fans before kick-off. Then watched through his fingers as his team gifted Wolves three slapstick first-half goals to give new boss Vitor Pereira an early Christmas present.
![[Foxes keeper Danny Ward suffered a howler to concede Wolves' second goal to Rodrigo Gomes]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/every-second-media-alamy-live-959221580.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Pereira pocketed three welcome points on his debut while poor Danny Ward suffered in a Winter Blunderland!. Foxes fans groaned when they heard his name announced BEFORE kick-off as it became clear first-choice Mads Hermansen had failed to shrug off a groin injury.
![[Goncalo Guedes opened the scoring for Wolves with an acrobatic effort]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-wolverhampton-wanderers-goncalo-guedes-959215257.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
At 2-0 down they booed their own goalie - then sarcastically cheered him when he safely gathered a bread and butter through ball!. By the time Wolves helped themselves to a third the poor guy was in bits and looked as if he had Poppadom wrists as he got both gloves to Matheus Cunha's shot but couldn't keep it out!.
![[New Wolves boss Vitor Pereira was greeted with a hug from Ruud van Nistelrooy before the game]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/leicester-city-manager-ruud-van-959215209.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
As the goals flowed Vitor Pereira was the calmest man at the King Power. He just stood in his Technical Area, arms folded, before taking more notes in his notepad. Perhaps he was compiling his Christmas shopping list because the Portuguese coach couldn't have asked for an easier start to life in the Premier League than this walkover.
![[The visitors gave their new boss the perfect start and piled more misery on the Foxes]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/wolverhampton-wanderers-goncalo-guedes-959215034.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Pereira has now won nine of his 11 debuts as a boss. Leicester imploded as they handed out their first gift of the day after 19 minutes to get Wolves off to the perfect start under their new gaffer. New skipper Nelson Semedo swept a long pass out of defence, Jorgen Strand Larsen blocked off Jannick Vestergaard way too easily and the ball ran through to Goncalo Guedes.
![[Matheus Cunha added a third before half-time]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/matheus-cunha-wolverhampton-wanderers-scores-959218684.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
