Wolves boss names Everton star who did something simply brilliant and David Moyes tactic that surprised

Rob Edwards admitted that Wolverhampton Wanderers failed to capitalise on their numerical advantage as they earned a point against Everton.

The Premier League's basement side earned a 1-1 draw at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Everton were dominant in the first half, with Michael Keane opening the scoring in the 17th minute. The Blues were unable to increase their lead, though, with Keane hitting the post and James Garner having a shot saved.

Everton left the door open for Wolves in the second period and the visitors took advantage, with Mateus Mane equalising.

Then there were two major flashpoints which went in Wolves' favour. Keane was given a red card after a VAR review. The centre-back was adjudged to have pulled the hair of Tolu Arokodare when winning a headed clearance. Minutes later, Jack Grealish became the Blues' second player to receive his marching orders for a second booking.

Nine minutes of stoppage-time were given and Wolves put Everton under siege - yet failed to bag a winner. Molineux head coach Edwards said: "I felt we played into their hands a little bit once they went down to nine men. We were probably over keen to either work the perfect cross and not put it in the right positions or putting it in from a bit too deep and didn’t work them enough.

“They’ve got a lot of experienced Everton defenders who are happy defending the box in a block. They can buy a bit of time, they’re happy with balls coming in from certain areas and we probably played into their hands without working them side to side enough. We put Pedro Lima on to go wide with crosses to shift them, but we didn’t quite do it well enough.”

Wolves were limited to chances when Everton went down to nine men. The Toffees defended doggedly and the only effort that the visitors mustered was when Hugo Bueno’s shot was heading for the top corner but Blues goalkeeper Jordan Pickford made a stunning save to tip the effort over the crossbar.

Edwards admitted: “It’s a brilliant save. I thought as soon as it left Hugo's foot it was in, but that's what Jordan Pickford can do.”

Edwards also confessed that Everton’s tactics that they deployed in the first half took Wolves by surprise. The former Middlesbrough and Luton Town boss said: “We weren’t at our best and didn’t have a load of zip. We weren’t getting behind Everton very well.

“Everton were not as aggressive as I thought they’d be. We planned for them to be a lot more aggressive in their pressing, we felt we might then be able to find some of the spaces we seen against West Ham. They were keeping the back four in tact, it was a 4-5-1 especially when they went 1-0 up. That’s why we had to try to change it at half-time and create an overload in the middle. We felt we could get back in it, there’s no doubt about it, even though we were a bit sluggish.”