Were it not for him missing a penalty against Chelsea in September, it would have been Evanilson on spot-kick duties for Bournemouth on Saturday.
Instead, his teammate Justin Kluivert became the first man in 67 years in English top-flight football to score a hat-trick of penalties but Andoni Iraola insisted that Evanilson, who cost a club record £40million in the summer, was the main man against Wolves.
‘Evanilson is not on the scoresheet but he was the difference-maker,’ the Bournemouth manager said.
‘I know Justin scored the hat-trick and we must value this but I would like to recognise Evanilson especially.