Wolves returned to form with a comfortable 4-0 win over Watford at Molineux that leaves Roy Hodgson’s side deep in relegation trouble
Three of the goals came in the space of eight first-half minutes with Raul Jimenez and Daniel Podence finding the net either side of Cucho Hernandez's own goal
Ruben Neves added a late fourth with the goal of the night, deftly wedging the ball over Ben Foster on the angle to add another special strike to his Molineux collection
The victory moves Bruno Lage's side to within two points of West Ham in sixth, while Watford are still three points adrift of Everton having now played three games more
It had been a quiet opening period with Wolves understandably nervy given their recent form but they soon capitalised on the lack of quality in the Watford defence
Hee-Chan Hwang somehow found enough space in the box to reach a loose ball and square it for Jimenez to slot home with his left foot for a sixth Premier League goal of the season
The second followed soon after when Rayan Ait-Nouri's volleyed centre ricocheted off Cucho and the ball was diverted agonisingly beyond Foster from close range
The goalkeeper could have no complaints about the third, his poor clearance finding only Podence before the diminutive forward fired past him from distance with his left foot
It was miserable from a Watford team scrambling to stay up and though the returning Josh King should have beaten Jose Sa at the other end, even that chance was spurned
Wolves enjoyed themselves in the second half with Neves capping the evening for the fans with a glorious lob over the head of the stranded Foster
 Watford just had no answer
This was much more like it from Wolves after an insipid display against Crystal Palace and the return of Ait-Nouri clearly helped
 The wing-backs are vital in this system and Fernando Marcal, though solid, lacks the penetration that the youngster provides
With Jonny Otto improving with each game following his return from a much longer-term injury on the other flank, Willy Boly making his first Premier League start of the season, and Jimenez restored to the starting line-up, this looked a much stronger Wolves line-up
It will give hope that their European ambitions are not over just yet
 Seventh could yet be enough to secure qualification and this victory reduces the gap to West Ham and Tottenham ahead of them to just two points
 With some favourable fixtures, the race goes on
"It was good, first 20 minutes, very good," said Lage
"It is so important, the performance
 The performance gives us the goals, the points
 That is why I was so disappointed with the first 45 minutes against Crystal Palace
 What is the point of that? My pressure is to come and play the way we played tonight
"It was the way we played together as a team, the way we pressed, the way we played
 When we needed to play from the back, we played with no fear
"This had seemed like an opportunity for Watford after a spirited showing against Arsenal on Sunday but any hope of a point was lost within a few crazy minutes in the first half
 Roy Hodgson was brought in to bring some defensive solidity but that hope is beginning to fade
Individual and collective errors undermined them here
 The space for Hwang should not have been there, the own goal by Cucho was dismal and Foster's kicking error for the third goal was hardly a one off - he repeated the mistake soon after the interval
Watford have now conceded 54 goals this season and while their attack has been better than others down the bottom even that was misfiring at Molineux
 They have an inferior goal difference to Everton and Burnley
 There is every chance it will cost them
"They were very clear errors weren't they," said Hodgson afterwards
"All goals are mistakes but some goals are clearer for everyone to see than others
"It is very frustrating, very disappointing in every respect
 We have a very sad dressing room because we believed if we played as well as we played in patches against Arsenal we could cause Wolves problems
"I think we could be accused of not being good enough but I don't think we have to hold our hands up to be accused that we aren't trying hard enough
"These players need to feel anxiety because we are running out of time
"Wolves travel to Everton in the Premier League on Sunday; kick-off 2pm
 Up next for Watford is a trip to Southampton on the same day; kick-off also 2pm
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