Wolves vs Aston Villa: Score and latest updates from Premier League

Aston Villa were furious after VAR disallowed what would have been an equalising goal for Donyell Malen in their 2-0 loss at Wolves. Goals from Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Matheus Cunha secured a deserved win for Wolves but the visitors were angered by a controversial moment in the second half. With the score 1-0 to Wolves on 54 minutes, Villa were awarded a free-kick around 25 yards from goal. Wolves built a four-man wall with a player lying behind them to block a shot. Nelson Semedo stood to the right of the wall as the free-kick was about to be taken.

As Lamare Bogarde went to take the kick, Morgan Rogers ran behind the wall towards Semedo, making a little contact with the Portuguese international. Instead of a shot, the ball was passed to John McGinn, with Semedo turning past Rogers to try and block the cross. Semedo failed to do so, with McGinn playing the ball perfectly across the six-yard box for Malen to tap in. "This is controversial". Aston Villa's goal is ruled offside due to Morgan Rogers positioning in the build-up 👇 pic.twitter.com/gWNjZAUkpL.

The goal was instantly disallowed for offside, with VAR confirming that decision after concluding that Rogers had interfered with play and blocked Semedo from getting to McGinn. Villa were clearly upset and failed to get back into the game, with Cunha sealing Wolves’ win late on. Speaking on Sky Sport, Unai Emery, the Villa manager, was clearly irritated. “It’s VAR’s task. They [Villa staff] watched it and told me it is not offside because he didn’t touch the ball. But of course it is VAR’s task. Now they say something different, not in the nice way in my thoughts. But sometimes even VAR I think are making mistakes.”.

Jamie Redknapp, on Sky Sports, said: “I can certainly understand how Unai Emery, the Aston Villa fans and players will be thinking ‘how on earth has this not been given?’. “He gets his left arm on him and tries to block him – does he impede him enough? It’s not enough, not for me. Semedo isn’t alive [to the danger]. He should be checking his shoulder. He [Rogers] really doesn’t do a lot.

“Once that ball goes in he [Semedo] doesn’t even complain. I think he [Rogers] was really unlucky there.”. Darren Bent, also on Sky Sports, agreed. “I don’t think he [Rogers] does enough to warrant that not to be given as a goal. Body language is everything and if Semedo genuinely thought he had been impeded enough by Morgan Rogers you jump up and run after the ref. All of the players in that defensive line think they have conceded a goal.”.

"I think they are really unlucky there". Jamie Redknapp analyses Donyell Malen's disallowed goal against Wolves 🔍 pic.twitter.com/A05SBpaeyR. Villa are desperately trying to add players before Monday’s transfer deadline, with a deal for Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford almost complete, and their need for reinforcements intensified on Saturday. They endured another Champions League hangover as they failed to win for the seventh time after a midweek European adventure this season. They also lost Ollie Watkins, with the forward not returning after half-time due to an apparent groin injury.

Wolves were excellent value for their victory, arresting a four-match losing streak, to move out of the relegation zone. After the game, Wolves manager Vitor Pereira said that goalscorer Cunha remains committed to the club despite interest from Premier League rivals. “I think he is committed with us,” Pereira told Sky Sports. “The last conversation that we had, he said ‘I will help the team to be in the Premier League next season’. At the end of the season, we’ll see.

“He’s very committed with us to help the team and our team-mates and to help the club.”. Cunha has been linked to Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Chelsea. It is that time of the transfer window. Cunha blew a kiss to the Wolves fans and made a heart shape before pointing to the Molineux turf. Celebrating a return to form or a hint of a goodbye?. We knew Villa had a lot of injuries and playing missing so it was a big opportunity. The only pressure comes from your self-pride, if you do the basics right the results will come. We did what the manager said and respected the gameplan.

Vitor Pereira punches the air and Wolves are above Leicester and out of the relegation zone. Villa, missing key defenders and losing Watkins to an apparent niggle, were not at the races. Wolves’ defensive discipline was impressive and they could have scored more. Just two wins in seven for Villa in the league and more dropped points after a Champions League game. Off comes the shirt, he will be booked for that, but he and Wolves will not care. Villa caught forward and Cunha started his run from his own half so was onside. Konsa and two other claret and blue shirts recovered to slow Cunha down, but he just steadied himself and drilled the ball across Martinez into the far corner. Rogers believes he was fouled in the build up but the goal stands. Game over.