Best way to shut them up is to score – Calvert-Lewin

Must have been a grating experience for Dominic Calvert-Lewin to hear the Wolves fans yell at the club’s owners after Leeds won 3-1 at Molineux.

In the run-up to Saturday’s game, which many had predicted would be an early-season six-pointer between two struggling sides, the former Everton striker had been taunted by home supporters.

Leeds had failed to score from open play since Lukas Nmecha’s winning penalty against Everton on August, while Wolves had lost their first four games of the campaign for the first time in 127 years.

When Ladislav Krejci opened the scoring with eight minutes left, Calvert-Lewin and his team-mates were anticipating the worst, but by full-time the visitors had won their first game away from home in the top flight since a 4-2 victory at Molineux in March 2023.

With a brilliant header from Jayden Bogle’s cross, Calvert-Lewin opened his account for the club, and Anton Stach converted the winning free kick, which set off the turnaround.

As the home fans reacted offensively to chairman Jeff Shi and Chinese owners Fosun, Noah Okafor added a third late in the first half.

According to Calvert-Lewin, “I believe there was a chant going [about me],” he said on BBC Match of the Day. When I heard my name, I wondered, “Why are they singing my name?”

The best way to stop them is obviously to score a goal there and point to my shirt, ” “.

Calvert-Lewin’s Leeds career has not started off so smoothly.

The 28-year-old spurned a fantastic opportunity to score a stoppage-time winner against Sheffield Wednesday last month before missing his penalty in the follow shootout, launching his effort high over the bar as the Owls advanced.

Fans and pundits who have been questioning his form and fitness record should have praised his fantastic header at Molineux after his lacklustre displays against Newcastle and Fulham.

Since the 2018-19 season, Calvert-Lewin has missed nearly 600 days due to injury, including the majority of the second half of last year because he injured his hamstring in a January away game against Brighton.

He scored three Premier League goals as he finished his final season with Everton, but Leeds manager Daniel Farke is confident the striker will find success at Elland Road this year.

The German stated to BBC Match of the Day, “We know what Dominic Calvert-Lewin is capable of doing for us.” He has a fantastic head. It was a fantastic header.

Former Manchester United and Aston Villa striker Dion Dublin, who spoke on Final Score about the execution of Calvert-Lewin’s equaliser during the game on Saturday, was particularly impressed with how it was done, calling it a “very difficult header.”

When the cross of [Bogle’s] crosses arrives, it deflects and carries the defender high over the defender. Calvert-Lewin must give it direction and tempo.

There were a few other clear-cut openings, but Calvert-Lewin’s Molineux effort was unmistakable.

Only three of the striker’s 36 touches occurred inside the Wolves penalty area, which the striker had to contend with throughout the entire pitch.

Calvert-Lewin (37), who recorded more off-the-ball runs and sprints (12) than any of his Leeds colleagues, was the only one who recorded more pressure at 47.

It’s significant, Calvert-Lewin said in a statement after the victory. We were aware of our abilities before entering the game. [After] going 1-0 down, we showed great character.

Then, we were confident in our ability to play. The rest was self-sufficient.

In the second half, we should have given the game a little more attention. We showed our ability to defend well, in my opinion.