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Jimenez targets top-four slot for Wolves

season and later claimed that the Wolves campaign has not surprised him.

He added: “We are a team that always wants more. We set a very high bar for ourselves this season and we are doing well.”

Keeper Rui Patricio kept Norwich at bay with fine saves from Teemu Pukki and Alex Tettey before Wolves clawed their way back into the match and got a positive result for the eighth time after conceding first.

Jimenez (celebrating, right) is relishing the responsibility of being the main man.

“This is what I have been looking for since arriving in Europe, being the important striker in a team,” said the former Benfica and Atletico Madrid attacker.

“The secret is working and never losing faith. I spent three years at Benfica and one year at Atletico Madrid, but I didn’t play as often as I wanted to. I always kept wanting more and that was the secret, to keep wanting more.”

The next big test for Wolves is at Molineux on Boxing Day against reigning champions Manchester City, who they beat on their own turf in October.

Jimenez, taking confidence from that 2-0 victory, said: “It’s always special to have games against this kind of team. We are thinking we can win that game.”

Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo played down his side’s topfour hopes. Asked if a Champions League slot was in his sights, Nuno said:

“No. We don’t compete for the table, we compete to perform. We judge ourselves on how we do things and today in the first half we did very bad and in the second half we did very good. This is the standard. We go game by game.

We stay humble, no matter what success we have, we stay humble.”