Really it couldn’t have been any other way. After late drama in their previous two fixtures, we should have known Wolves had to do things the hard way.
It should not have been so for head coach Bruno Lage and his players. For much of this collision, they dominated and played some fine football, the buzzing industry of their new hero Hee Chan Hwang was too much for Everton to handle.
Yet, somehow, right until the final whistle the home crowd was tense and nervous, fretting that another last-gasp goal would stop them in their tracks, as had been the case at Elland Road last weekend.