Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Hwang Hee-chan scored for the first time in four months in his side’s 2-1 win over Luton Town on Saturday, recording his 11th goal of the 2023-24 Premier League season and cutting Wolves’ seven-game winless streak.
The first 30 minutes at Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton, England were fairly well-matched with both sides creating multiple chances for the opening goal.
Hwang broke the deadlock in the 39th minute, beating defender Teden Mengi to take a shot that found the back of the net. That goal was Hwang’s first time getting back on the books since he scored a double against Brentford in December last year. After that double, he was out of the squad due to national team duty for the Asian Cup and was sidelined for a month from March to early April due to injury. He made his return to the pitch in a match against Nottingham Forest on April 13.
It was still the second game in a row that Hwang found the back of the net, as he scored a header against Bournemouth on Wednesday that was canceled by a VAR review that showed teammate Matheus Cunha hitting Bournemouth’s Justin Kluivert in the face with his arm before the goal.
Wolves added one more with Toti Gomes diving for a header in the 50th minute. Carlton Morris put one back in the 80th minute, but that was it for Luton.
“Channy looked good,” Wolves manager Gary O’Neil said in a post-match interview published on the team’s website. “He looked a lot more energetic,
he made a lot more runs in behind and didn’t look like he had to rest for a while between each one, he was able to keep on going. The fitness staff were desperate for me to take him off,
