Matheus Cunha once again underlined his importance to Wolverhampton Wanderers’ prospects of putting a desperately poor start to the season behind them. The Brazilian capped an outstanding individual performance with two superbly taken goals and a clever assist as Gary O’Neil’s side maintained their recent progress with a second successive win that eased the pressure on the head coach and lifted the club out of the bottom three.

Cunha was the star against Southampton (1 goal, 1 assist) and he was the star again against Fulham, taking his season tally to 7 goals, 3 assists. If not in January, a handful of Champions League clubs should be after the 25-year-old Brazilian next summer.

Wolves boss Gary O'Neil believes his players are beginning to see a deserved reward for their hard work after a difficult start to the Premier League season.

Matheus Cunha scored two superb goals and set up a third to earn Wolves a 4-1 comeback victory at Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday, extending the visitors' unbeaten run to four games and briefly dragging them out of the relegation zone.

Things were looking bleak for Gary O’Neil after his team’s shambolic display at Brentford last month, but back-to-back wins for the first time since February suggests Wolves are gradually starting to gather momentum.