Wolves traveled away to Leicester City in a tight match down at the bottom of the Premier League.
Sky Sports pundit Tim Sherwood has slammed Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa after he gave away a penalty in the club’s most recent game.
What’s the latest on Wolves and Jose Sa?
The Molineux outfit had to travel away from home to take on Leicester City in a big clash towards the bottom of the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
Indeed, the threat of relegation is very real for both teams, although the Foxes are in a bit more trouble, coming onto the match stuck inside the bottom three.
Perhaps with that in mind, Wolves – who came into the game five places above the relegation zone – started the game with more confidence and took an early lead thanks to a fine finish from Matheus Cunha.
However, despite dominating the early stages of the game. Julen Lopetegui’s men found themselves pegged back in the 37th minute.
Jamie Vardy latched onto a good through-ball, and after his touch took him past Sa, the goalkeeper clattered into the striker.
Referee Andy Madley pointed to the spot and there could be no complaints as Kelechi Iheanacho put the resulting penalty kick away to make it 1-1.
Evidently unimpressed with what he’d just witnessed, pundit Sherwood was far from kind when dropping his verdict on Sa.
Indeed, he told Sky Sports: “Vardy looks like he is hurt. He looks to be in agony.
“He was going away from the goal, l have no idea what Sa was thinking.”
Could Jose Sa be dropped after this mistake?
Sherwood certainly was right about Vardy, who had to be replaced by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall at half-time after being fouled by Sa.
And it seems as though he was also fair when questioning the £25k-per-week goalkeeper for rushing out of position and bringing the Englishman down.
For example, journalist Liam Keen also slammed the actions of Sa. He wrote on Twitter: “Sa makes a call to come and makes a big error, taking Vardy out. He’s booked too.”
What’s more, according to journalist Alan Nixon of The Sun, Wolves are potentially looking to sign Sunderland shot-stopper Anthony Patterson next summer.
That could mean Lopetegui has some doubts about Sa in the long term and he certainly wouldn’t have done his reputation any favors with this major error in judgment.
For now, at least, he has until the rest of the season to prove his quality between the sticks as Wolves fight to avoid the drop.
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