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'How do you stop it? We PRAY!': Nuno Espirito Santo jokes about how to stop 'specialist' James Ward-Prowse from scoring free-kicks as Wolves get set to face Southampton twice in four days

Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo has described Southampton skipper James Ward-Prowse as a 'specialist' and joked that part of trying to stop the midfielder scoring from a free-kick is to 'pray'.

Nuno's men face the Saints twice over the next few days, firstly at home in the FA Cup fifth round on Thursday, and then in a Premier League clash at St Mary's on Sunday.

Ward-Prowse has scored a total of 10 free-kicks in the Premier League, putting him one behind leader Sebastian Larsson on the division's all-time list, and four of those have come this season.