Bottom club Wolves shock high-flying Aston Villa at Molineux

Bottom club Wolves shock high-flying Aston Villa at Molineux

WOLVERHAMPTON, England — João Gomes scored his first Premier League goal of the season and Rodrigo Gomes added a second in stoppage time to give bottom club Wolverhampton a shock 2-0 win over high-flying Aston Villa on Friday.

Bottom club Wolves shock high-flying Aston Villa at Molineux

It was only the second win in the league for a club that remains six points adrift at the bottom of the table and is almost certain to be relegated.

The result was a bitter blow to Villa’s Champions League aspirations and a slap in the face for coach Unai Emery, who was bidding to record his 100th victory in charge of the Birmingham club.

Both sides struggled in a dour first half but Wolves seized the initiative 16 minutes into the second period when Gomes gave it a surprise lead.

Adam Armstrong deftly cushioned a long pass right into the path of the onrushing Gomes and his superbly struck shot gave Emiliano Martínez no chance.

Villa pushed forward as the game went on and it was caught out in stoppage time when Wolves doubled its lead on the break, Rodrigo Gomes doing the damage.