Manchester United climbed to sixth in the Premier League on Monday as captain Bruno Fernandes scored twice to help them claim a comfortable 4-1 victory at bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers, whose calamitous season grows bleaker by the week.

Dispirited Wolves fans spent most of the first half chanting in protest at the club’s Chinese owners, Fosun, and their mood worsened when Fernandes gave United a 25th-minute lead.

To their credit, Wolves showed some enterprise, and they were cheered off at half-time after Haiti international Jean-Ricner Bellegarde fired home an equaliser in stoppage time.

Bryan Mbeumo restored United’s lead with a tap-in after 52 minutes, and Mason Mount’s composed finish made it 3-1 just past the hour mark. Fernandes completed the job for United with a penalty aft

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