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Amazing Fer such a joy for Peixoto

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The LeaguePaper Team
23 August 2026

By Philip Clarke

TOUCH OF CLASS: Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Fer Lopez scores his second goal
PICTURES: Alamy

CESAR Peixoto hailed two-goal hero Fer Lopez as “amazing” after Wolves put Preston to the sword at Deepdale.
The Spanish ace put Wanderers ahead with an eighth-minute rocket and tapped in an 83rd-minute second, either side of a goal from substitute Adam Armstong, before Jordan Thompson’s long-range consolation.
On Lopez, the Wolves boss said: “It was an amazing performance, but he needs the team to work with him to put the balls between ...

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