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Gary O\u2019Neil hailed match-winner Hwang Hee-chan after Wolves edged out Burnley.<\/p>\n
The striker\u2019s first-half goal \u2013 his ninth of the season \u2013 condemned the Clarets to a 1-0 defeat at Molineux on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
Wolves moved 11 points clear of the Premier League\u2019s relegation zone with South Korea international Hwang earning praise from the boss.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe numbers are incredibly impressive,\u201d Boss O\u2019Neil said. \u201cEverything about him is impressive, will he continue at this rate for the rest of the season? I hope so. If the team can keep performing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the ball falls to him in the penalty area I have a really good feeling he will be in the right area.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s no fluke he has as many goals as he has, he\u2019s bought in fully to what we\u2019re trying to do. He arrives in good areas time and time again, keeps going and eight (league) goals is a really impressive return.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a massive win for us. They are a good side, maybe it\u2019s disrespectful to say \u2018job done\u2019 because they won the Championship by a long way last season, were the sixth or seventh biggest spenders in the summer. They have every right to be competitive, I\u2019m really pleased as it\u2019s a big win.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pablo Sarabia twice went close before Dan Bentley saved from Sander Berge and Josh Brownhill.<\/p>\n
But Burnley shot themselves in the foot three minutes before the break to gift Wolves a winner.<\/p>\n
James Trafford and Dara O\u2019Shea played out of the back to find Berge, but the midfielder\u2019s heavy touch allowed Sarabia to steal in and find Matheus Cunha.<\/p>\n
He then picked out the unmarked Hwang who beat Trafford with a low finish for his ninth goal of the season.<\/p>\n
From then Burnley struggled to create, with Bentley never troubled, as Wolves earned a first clean sheet since August and are now five unbeaten at home.<\/p>\n
Burnley remain in the drop zone after a 12th defeat in 15 games and are three points from the safety line having beaten Sheffield United 5-0 on Saturday, but failed to follow it up.<\/p>\n
Boss Vincent Kompany said: \u201cIt\u2019s decided in moments, we had ours, didn\u2019t take them and in one of the few chances we conceded, we concede a goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI looked at it quickly but we\u2019ll have to do an analysis. If something went wrong it wasn\u2019t just decided by this one moment, we can look at ourselves and say we should have scored.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been in games for quite some time now, we have to believe this will give us the results.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe play against teams with quality, we have to stay in positions where we can get results and today was close. This is where we need to step it up.\u201d<\/p>\n