Raul Jimenez scores late winner for Wolverhampton Wanderers against Sheffield United

Raul Jimenez has made a career out of showing up when it matters most. On Saturday at Bramall Lane, the 35-year-old Mexican striker did it again, coming off the bench to fire home in the 90th minute and hand Wolverhampton Wanderers a 1-0 victory over Sheffield United in the EFL Championship. The result lifts Wolves to 11 points from six matches in the 2026-27 season, keeping their promotion ambitions firmly alive. Sheffield United, meanwhile, drop to 9 points from seven games, a return that puts them squarely in the middle of an increasingly congested Championship table. Jimenez delivers again in the dying minutes This is becoming a pattern. Jimenez’s heroics against Sheffield United followed a remarkably similar script to his previous outing, a 2-2 draw against Blackburn Rovers where his late penalty rescued a point for Wolves. Two goals in the Championship this season, both arriving when the clock was winding down. At 35 years old, born May 5, 1991, Jimenez is no longer the player who can press defenders for 90 minutes the way he once did during his peak Premier League years at Molineux. A player who once recovered from a fractured skull to continue playing top-flight football is...