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Brighton 2-2 Wolves EVAN FERGUSON FOUND the net but Wolves snatched only their second point of the Premier League season after Matheus Cunha’s stoppage-time effort rescued a dramatic 2-2 draw at Brighton.
Wolves manager Gary O’Neil did little to hide his sense of injustice following last weekend’s controversial last-gasp 2-1 loss to Manchester City and could hardly contain his delight at full-time. Cunha easily escaped Joel Veltman down the left but, after pulling the ball back, the unmarked Tommy Doyle, who scored on this ground last month in a 3-2 Carabao Cup loss, wastefully side-footed over.
O’Neil responded with a double substitution as skipper Mario Lemina and Toti Gomes were replaced by Pablo Sarabia and Carlos Forbs for the second period. Tariq Lamptey led the counter-attack down the right, squaring to fellow substitute Ferguson who swivelled and fired a fantastic finish into the bottom-left corner.
Having sensationally halted a run of five successive defeats, Wolves face crucial home clashes against fellow strugglers Crystal Palace and Southampton in the next two weeks. But Mbeumo showed his pedigree in second-half added-time as his cross was misjudged by goalkeeper Arijanet Muric, giving Brentford all the points.
The Manchester City loanee expertly received the ball on the half-turn and punched a pass through to Hirst before his flick-on set up Szmodics nicely for a first-time finish into the bottom right-hand corner with 28 minutes gone. Clarke’s match took a further turn for the worse when he was caught in a foot race with Lewis-Potter and conceded a penalty six minutes after the break. Clarke was desperate to win the battle but threw his arms all over the attacker and brought him to the ground inside the area.
But Mbeumo, who had been the best player on the pitch, showed his quality to steal the win with 96 minutes on the clock as his curled cross caught Muric flat-footed as Brentford took all the points, but only after a final scare when Delap hit a post. Villa thought they had the reward for a dominant first 45 but John McGinn’s goal was ruled out by VAR and they were made to wait for the opener which eventually came when substitute Ross Barkley stepped off the bench for his first goal of the season.
Aston Villa have built a reputation as one of the most dangerous sides in the league from set pieces and almost cashed in on another – Lucas Digne’s lovely floated cross found Amadou Onana who was kept out by Travers again.Morgan Rogers’ overhit cross was collected by Ollie Watkins on the byline and he laid it off for McGinn, who curled home but VAR intervened and adjudged the ball to have marginally gone out of play.
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