WOLVERHAMPTON, England — Diego Costa’s first Premier League aim for six years helped fireplace Wolverhampton nearer to survival on Saturday.
The striker impressed the hosts to a 2-0 win over Brentford to finish his watch for a aim after his September arrival.
Hwang Hee-chan netted the second, with Wolves now seven factors away from the relegation zone with seven video games left after successive league wins for simply the second time this season.
Julen Lopetegui’s facet edged towards security and one other barnstorming Costa show sparked recollections of his bullying finest at Chelsea.
Ninth-place Brentford’s European hopes proceed to fade after a dangerous defeat.
Wolves opened the scoring after 27 minutes. It was all all the way down to Costa’s driving run from midfield as he charged ahead to select Toti on the left. The striker continued into the field to gather Toti’s cross, evade Christian Norgaard and poke previous David Raya from 12 meters for his first aim in English soccer for the reason that 2017 FA Cup last.
PHOTOS: Diego Costa scores 1st PL aim in 6 years as Wolves win
Wolves wrapped up victory with 21 minutes left.
It was created by Matheus Nunes because the midfielder darted down the left and skipped between Rico Henry and Vitaly Janelt. His low cross was then blocked by Ethan Pinnock but it surely rolled straight into the trail of Hwang to faucet in.
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