Africa-Press – Kenya. Matheus Cunha inspired Wolves to blow away Leicester as the in-form hosts recorded a sixth consecutive Premier League victory.
The striker scored one and made goals for Jorgen Strand Larsen and Rodrigo Gomes as Wolves made it six straight top-flight wins for the first time since 1970.
Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa saved Jamie Vardy’s second-half penalty as the Foxes’ goal woes continued.
It means the striker remains on 198 goals for the club with four games of his Leicester career left.
Cunha, who has a £62.5m release clause and is expected to leave Molineux this summer with Manchester United interested, scored his 15th Premier League goal of the season.
Wolves’ biggest concern – having ensured survival earlier this month – will be how to replace the Brazil international who has been key to ensuring they maintained their top-flight status.
For the immediate future, though, they can relax after a routine win over the Foxes, whose season continues to spiral with relegation confirmed last weekend.
Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy cut an isolated figure on the touchline, compared to Wolves head coach Vitor Pereira who was serenaded by home fans inside Molineux after steering the hosts to safety and 13th in the table.
His first game in December was a 3-0 win over the Foxes at King Power Stadium which still left Leicester out of the bottom three and two points ahead of Wolves – they are now 23 behind.
That their fates had been settled meant, with nothing riding on the game, Molineux rarely came to life until Cunha steered in Rayan Ait-Nouri’s low cross midway through the first half.
Ait-Nouri had already gone close, while Leicester had offered nothing, the start of Vardy’s farewell tour amounting to little more than a footnote – even with his penalty miss after he went over following Sa’s challenge.
By then Strand Larsen had already added a second 10 minutes after the break when he fired in low, minutes after ballooning the ball over from two yards.
Gomes added a third from another Cunha pass with five minutes left to cap victory.
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