Everton 1-2 Wolves: Lopetegui out of place as Wolves win at death

New Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui marked his Premier League debut with a dramatic 2-1 victory at Goodison Park, which put pressure on Everton boss Frank Lampard.

A shoddy game seemed to drift into a draw which would have been of no use to either struggling side only for substitute Rayan Ait-Nouri to score on the counterattack at the fifth minute of added time.

The Frenchman scored late in midweek's Carabao Cup win over Gillingham in Ligue 2 but coming from close range to clinch Wolves' first away win since visiting here in March could turn out to be much more crucial.

He secured just Wolves' third league win of the season but managed to lift his side from the bottom of the table and just a point behind 17th-placed Everton.

Lampard's side have now lost six of the last eight and a lack of firepower - Yerry Mina's seventh-minute goal was just their 12th in 16 games - has cost them yet again so that Daniel Podence scored a well-worked set piece equalizer in the 22nd minute.

His team left at half-time for sporadic boos, but the dissent was much louder at the final whistle.

The club are eyeing another relegation battle unless significant steps are taken in the transfer window to address their shortcomings and they could be in the bottom three by the time they travel to Manchester City this weekend. end.

Lampard had tweaked his setup and switched midfielders Amadou Onana and Idrissa Gana Gueye with the Belgian given the deeper role in an apparent attempt to use his quality on the ball.

However, the lack of movement up front made the 21-year-old's job more difficult and he often had to resort to overtaking anywhere but up front.

That Everton failed to capitalize on the lead given to them by Mina, replacing ineligible Wolves defender on loan Conor Coady and scoring their first league goal in over two years with a downward header from Dwight's corner McNeil in the seventh minute was due to the lack of presence in front of goal.

Their lack of available options in possession meant they were unable to capitalize on that advantage and Wolves equalized when a short corner kick was taken towards Joao Moutinho at the edge of the penalty area.

He returned a pass in the direction it came from and was sent home at the near post by Podence.

What followed was a stretch of play in which both teams squandered good chances, although the hosts were by far the guiltiest with Neal Maupay twice missing the opportunity to score after errors from possession by Wolves and Anthony Gordon - ready to sign a new contract in the coming days - shooting too close to Jose Sa.

In between, Diego Costa's weak header was comfortably saved by Jordan Pickford and the few half-time boos weren't entirely unwarranted.

Wolves weren't much better in front of goal with the talents of midfielders Ruben Neves and Moutinho criminally wasted by a lack of firepower as Costa barely touched the ball and hardly ever in a dangerous position.

Mina's afternoon ended early and predictably given his history, as he limped after 74 minutes with an apparent hamstring problem much to the disgust of the Goodison crowd Park.

Substitute Demarai Gray kicked wide as the arrival of 19-year-old academy graduate Tom Cannon on his seven-minute debut at Goodison Park drew a roar of approval, with Ben Godfrey, making his return from a broken leg on the opening day of the season, lifted spirits with a shot cleared from the line by Neves.

But in time, Everton failed to cope with a counter-attack and when Adama Traore's cross was fired in from the six-yard box, substitute Ait-Nouri was on hand to capitalize on a poor quality defense.

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