Grealish orchestrates Everton’s 3-2 statement as the attack purrs at Molineux

Everton’s resurgence gathered pace with a thrilling 3-2 win at Wolves, authored by a reborn Jack Grealish. Wearing Everton’s No 18 with swagger, he produced two assists, engineered the other goal, and walked off to a standing ovation on 88 minutes as the travelling support sang his name.

Beto’s early header, Iliman Ndiaye’s sharp finish and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s post-kissing strike showcased a front line in sync. The closing stages were nervy after Rodrigo Gomes halved the deficit, but Jordan Pickford’s key stop and stout late defending saw David Moyes celebrate another away win—and his 501st as a manager.

From the first act: Beto and the new No 18 set the tone

By the seventh minute, Grealish had made his mark. He nodded a Vitalii Mykolenko cross back across goal for Beto to head home, a tidy centre-forward’s finish that rewarded his recall. It took Grealish’s Premier League assist tally with Everton to three in two games and underlined how quickly he has become the conductor.

Wolves levelled through Hwang Hee-chan’s precise strike on 21 minutes, but Everton’s response was to keep playing. Idrissa Gueye patrolled midfield, breaking up counters, and the front three kept rotating angles; Beto, brimming with confidence, even pulled off a slick dummy as lanes opened.

‘School of Science’ stuff: combinations slice Wolves open

The move for 2-1 was Everton at their most fluid. Grealish disguised a reverse pass into Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, who slid across for Iliman Ndiaye to sweep in—“School of Science” football that felt both expressive and efficient. Ndiaye’s wolf-pose celebration drew a smile; referee Michael Oliver kept the cards in his pocket.

Five minutes into the second half, Grealish added another assist, teeing up Dewsbury-Hall to lash a left-footer in off the woodwork for 3-1—his first since joining from Chelsea for about £28m. Within two starts Grealish had reached four league assists for Everton, already outstripping his last two seasons at Manchester City. Tyler Dibling, the club’s teenage new signing, watched on from the bench as a masterclass in his shirt’s lineage unfolded.

Game management, late jeopardy and the goalkeeper’s moment

Moyes’s only gripe was the open door left ajar. Rodrigo Gomes’s volley set up a grandstand finish, and the manager acknowledged it was “a bit scary near the end” as the balance tilted toward containment. Grealish helped slow the game with retention work before his late substitution to rapturous applause.

Pickford then stepped forward. He saved well from Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Gomes missing the rebound, and in stoppage time the Wolves substitute dragged another chance inches wide. The margin stayed at one but the points—and the plaudits for Everton’s attacking cohesion—were earned.

Moyes’s verdict, Grealish’s renaissance and what’s next

“He’s better than I thought,” Moyes said of Grealish, adding the playmaker needed love, attention and games—and is repaying all three. Everton’s upswing is clear: three straight wins across league and cup, four victories in six away league matches, and a move up to fifth on the day. The away end’s ovation told the rest.

The manager still wants more, targeting a right-back, central midfielder and striker before the deadline. After the international break, Everton host Aston Villa at Hill Dickinson Stadium. With Grealish at the heart of it—and Ndiaye and Dewsbury-Hall dovetailing—Moyes has a side that can turn the dial to attack, even if keeping it tight late on remains the lesson.