Premier League highlights: Grealish stars as Everton beat Wolves
At a glance
Beto heads Everton ahead after a Jack Grealish assist
Hwang Hee-chan equalises with precise finish
Iliman Ndiaye restores Everton's lead after a move involving Grealish
Grealish with another assist as Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall makes it 3-1
Substitute Rodrigo Gomes reduces the deficit but Everton hang on to win
Jack Grealish produced another action-packed display to inspire Everton to victory at Wolves, who remain without a point three games into the Premier League season.
The loan signing from Manchester City registered another two assists - he now has four in his past two top-flight games - to ensure David Moyes' side head into the international break on the back of three consecutive league and cup wins.
The picture is not so rosy for struggling Wolves, who lost again despite scoring their first Premier League goal of the season.
Everton swept into a seventh-minute lead when Beto nodded home from close range following Grealish's headed assist across the face of goal.
Hwang Hee-chan, starting in place of the injured Jorgen Strand Larsen, equalised with a precise finish in the 21st minute, but Wolves were unable to stay on level terms for long.
Everton restored their lead in the 33rd minute, with Grealish again involved in the move. His clever reverse pass allowed Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to find Senegal forward Iliman Ndiaye, who made no mistake from close range.
In January, Ndiaye was booked for celebrating his winner at Brighton by flapping his arms like a gull. Against Wolves, he celebrated by doing a wolf pose but referee Michael Oliver decided against booking the former Marseille player.
Dewsbury-Hall sealed in the points in the 55th minute with a shot which went in off the woodwork after another Grealish assist, the midfielder's first goal since joining from Chelsea for about £28m in the summer.
Wolves did reduce the deficit through substitute Rodrigo Gomes, but it was not enough.
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"First the points, then the pints" was a phrase coined by Wolves boss Vitor Pereira after he made a habit of trips to a local city centre pub following home wins last season.
Those trips have become a rare occurrence and the Portuguese heads into the international break with mounting problems.
Home fans made their feelings clear during the game and at full-time after their side were comfortably second best.
Including last season Wolves have now taken just one point from their past seven league matches, and when the Premier League resumes two of their next three are at teams in the Champions League - Newcastle and Tottenham.
Wolves have been here before, of course.
They lost their first two games of last season and failed to win any of their 10 top-flight matches before finishing with a 17-point safety cushion after Pereira replaced Gary O'Neil mid-season.
The problem this time is Wolves look weaker.
Vitor Pereira post match
They have lost Matheus Cunha to Manchester United and Rayan Ait-Nouri to Manchester City, and while Pereira has brought in half a dozen new players, the team looks disjointed and too easy to break down.
With Wolves determined to keep Strand Larsen, who has been the subject of two bids from Newcastle, Pereira will hope to add reinforcements before Monday's transfer deadline.
Wolves are interested in Genk's 24-year-old Nigeria striker Tolu Arokodare, who was top scorer in the Belgian top flight last season with 17 goals.
But will that be enough to appease fans who are running out of patience with the club's owners?
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Everton have settled quickly into their new surroundings at Hill Dickinson Stadium - and now they are up and running away from home this season.
Moyes' side were everything Wolves were not - well-organised, determined and they had the best player on the pitch.
England boss Thomas Tuchel name-checked Grealish at his news conference on Friday, suggesting the door is still open for the player who has struggled and looked out-of-sorts at City for so long.
Three league matches into the season, he already looks a player reborn at Everton and is relishing the freedom he is being given by Moyes, who registered his 501st career victory as a manager with this win.
Grealish was given a standing ovation by the travelling fans when he was replaced in the 88th minute - but it was not all about Everton's number 18.
David Moyes post match reaction
Dewsbury-Hall looks a shrewd addition as well.
However, there will be slight irritation from Moyes that his side made life hard for themselves. In truth, Everton should have been out of sight by the time Gomes scored Wolves' second goal.
Instead the visitors were forced to endure some nervy moments late on, not least when Gomes fired inches wide in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
This was Everton's fourth win in six away league matches, and Moyes will hope to have more new players when the season resumes after the international break.
The Scot wants to bring in a right-back, central midfielder and striker before 19:00 BST on Monday.
What's next for these teams?
The two-week international break will give Wolves time to reflect on their start, before a tough game at Newcastle on Saturday, 13 September (15:00).
Everton play on the same day against Aston Villa at Hill Dickinson Stadium, also a 15:00 kick-off.
Where next?
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