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JUST IN: 3-0! WOLVES HUMILIATE WEST HAM TO SECURE THEIR FIRST VICTORY OF 2026

Wolves secure their first Premier League win of 2026, beating West Ham 3-0. Nuno’s side remains 18th and four points from safety.

Just In: 3-0! Wolves humiliate West Ham to secure their first victory of 2026
Wolves double their points while West Ham stays adrift

When you're fighting for survival, you have to win against a team expected to be one of the worst in Premier League history.

West Ham's poor showing against last-place Wolves raised real doubts about their ability to avoid relegation and even their desire to fight.

A shocking first-half performance let Rob Edwards' team take a 3-0 lead, making the Hammers look like the worst team in the league. Nuno Espirito Santo's team showed no fight, no creativity—basically, no hope. It was as bad as it gets.

Maybe the hardest thing for the 3,000 traveling fans to accept was that the loss wasn't a surprise. They watched in disbelief as Wolves tackled hard and tore apart a weak defense in the first half.

This wasn't a lucky win. Wolves were the better team, winning their first Premier League game since last April—and their first at home after trying 20 times this season.

Goals from Jhon Arias, Hwang Hee-chan, and Mateus Mane were well-deserved.

Wolves won their first game of the season, beating a bad West Ham team 3-0 at home.

The Hammers looked like the worst team and are facing possible relegation.

Now, Nuno—with West Ham not winning in nine games and quickly getting worse—is facing the very real chance of relegation just days into 2026.

The new year didn't bring new hope for Nuno, the former Wolves coach whom the home fans still respect. They chanted 'Nuno is a Wolves fan' from the stands.

Wolves have been a mess for most of the season, with only three points before West Ham came to town. Maybe they finally realized they can't be the worst team in Premier League history, a title held by Derby County and their 11 points in 2007-08.

If Wolves are going to be relegated—and it would take a miracle to stay up—at least they'll fight.

Before the game, you could feel real ambition at the stadium. The fans showed they wanted more than what they've seen this season. This was payback.

That energy from the fans—that feeling that West Ham was beatable—carried over to Edwards' players.

Before the game, Edwards said West Ham was low on confidence and told his players to take advantage. They listened, with Arias scoring in the fourth minute.

Hwang Hee-Chan had already broken through West Ham's slow defense before trying to pass when he should have shot. But he soon showed his skill, breaking down the left and crossing low into the six-yard box.

Hwang Hee-chan scored a penalty in a great first half for the home team.

The Hammers are still four points away from safety with 20 games played this season.

Arias ran in and scored past West Ham's defenders for his first goal for the club. The fans went wild, and Edwards celebrated with his coaches.

Wolves deserved it for their early energy, and it was a terrible start for West Ham. If the Hammers couldn't beat a team seen as hopeless, how could they start moving towards safety? Except for a few moments from Crysencio Summerville, Nuno's team didn't offer much.

Around the half-hour mark, things got worse for West Ham. Former Wolves defender Max Kilman missed an easy clearance, and Mateus Mané was fouled in the box by Soungoutou Magassa.

After a VAR check, Hwang scored the penalty, and the home fans celebrated.

Wolves almost scored again in the 37th minute, but Alphonse Areola made a great save to stop Tolu Arokodare's header. Wolves were in control, much to the anger of the West Ham fans.

The third goal came when Mane had time and space to shoot low past Areola from 18 yards.

Nuno took off Freddie Potts and Magassa at halftime, which helped stop things from getting worse. Still, they couldn't have played much worse than they did in the first 45 minutes.

Wolves kept threatening, and half-chances came but didn't amount to anything. It didn't matter. Many West Ham fans left early, showing how bad things were.

The Wolves fans celebrated the win, even joking about winning the league. It was that kind of day.

No wonder Nuno quickly left the field without shaking Edwards' hand.

SCATHING VERDICT: ANGE POSTECOGLOU CLAIMS TOTTENHAM ARE "NOT A BIG CLUB" TODAY

Ange Postecoglou claims Tottenham "isn't a big club" in a scathing review of their transfer policy following Thomas Frank's sacking.

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Ange slams Spurs for "tearing it up" after 2025 trophy.

Ange Postecoglou didn’t mince words about why Tottenham keep falling short. He says the club’s refusal to really compete with the Premier League’s top spenders holds them back, simple as that.

Postecoglou got the boot last June, right after he delivered a Europa League trophy and ended a 17-year wait for silverware. Now his replacement, Thomas Frank, is out too. Tottenham sit 16th in the league, just five points clear of relegation, and they’ve got league leaders Arsenal up next. Not exactly a fun place to be.

After Frank’s sacking, Postecoglou went on The Overlap’s Stick to Football podcast and pretty much called out Tottenham’s whole approach. “If you look at what they spend and how they structure wages, they’re just not a big club,” he said. He saw it firsthand while trying to sign players; Tottenham just weren’t in the race for the big names.

In his first season, Postecoglou managed to get Tottenham up to fifth. But things went downhill. The next year, even with that Europa League win, they slipped to 17th. He’s convinced the club just doesn’t get what it takes to win, you have to take some risks, and they just won’t.

“I felt like the club was saying, ‘We’re one of the big boys,’ but honestly, they’re not,” he said.

Frank was Tottenham’s fifth full-time manager since Mauricio Pochettino left in 2019, even though Pochettino took them to a Champions League final. Fans are frustrated. Tottenham keep missing out on their transfer targets. Frank wanted Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest last summer, but that didn’t happen. Arsenal snatched up Eberechi Eze instead.

Postecoglou, who later had a short, rocky stint at Forest himself, thinks Frank might not have realised what he was getting into. “There’s no guarantee with any manager. They’ve had some world-class people in that job and still no real success. Why is that?” he asked. “What’s the real objective here? Did Thomas even know what he was walking into? Who knows? 

136-YEAR CURSE: BURNLEY AVOID MATCHING 1890 RECORD WITH A SENSATIONAL COMEBACK CRYSTAL PALACE 3-2 WIN

Burnley escaped a historic 136-year record! Read how Scott Parker’s men scored three in six minutes to stun Crystal Palace 3-2.

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Burnley overturn 2-0 deficit in six minutes to stun Crystal Palace

Burnley looked finished. Down 2-0 after just half an hour, with Jørgen Strand Larsen scoring his first goals for Crystal Palace, it pretty much felt like Scott Parker’s team were about to tie their old record: 17 top-flight games without a win, a streak that’s haunted them since 1890. For Burnley fans, the past three months have been brutal. Then, out of nowhere, everything flipped in six wild minutes right before halftime.

Hannibal Mejbri pulled one back. Jaidon Anthony levelled it. Then Jefferson Lerma, of all people, knocked in an own goal. Just like that, Burnley snatched only their second away win since promotion. It keeps their survival hopes alive, barely, but Parker knows they’ll need a few more miracles like this to actually stay up.

For Palace, this was a harsh wake-up call. Their big win over Brighton had just snapped a 12-game winless spell, and for a while, it looked like Oliver Glasner’s side were cruising to only their third home victory of the season, something that would’ve eased their relegation fears. But sloppy defending let Burnley right back in.

Burnley’s luck before kickoff didn’t exactly scream “comeback”. Parker had never won a league game in London as an away manager, and the team bus got stuck in traffic, pushing kick-off back by ten minutes. Palace, for their part, hadn’t lost at home to a promoted side since Sunderland thrashed them 4-0 back in 2017.

When Strand Larsen smashed in a gorgeous ball from Adam Wharton and then dived to head in Lerma’s cross after Kyle Walker messed up, it just seemed like Burnley were doomed.

But then Mejbri gave the visitors a lifeline, beating Dean Henderson with a sharp finish. Suddenly, Burnley were level. There was some debate about whether Lesley Ugochukwu handled the ball before setting up Anthony to score, but nobody could argue with the bottom corner finish – no chance for the keeper.

Then came the third: Bashir Humphreys’ header was stopped by Henderson, but Lerma could only turn the rebound into his own net. Palace trudged off at halftime to boos. Glasner sent them back out early, probably after some choice words in the dressing room.

Even with £35 million man Brennan Johnson on the pitch, Palace couldn’t break down Burnley’s defence. Daichi Kamada missed a decent chance, and Martin Dubravka’s save in stoppage time kept out Ismaïla Sarr. In the end, it was Burnley’s small but loud travelling support celebrating. Somehow, their team had pulled off a rare and badly needed win.

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