Wolves 2-1 Brighton: Morgan Gibbs-White gives Wolves late win against 10-man Albion
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Since his Premier League debut in August 2017, Lewis Dunk has scored 11 goals in the competition, more than any other centre-back, overtaking Virgil van Dijk (10)
Morgan Gibbs-White scored a last-minute winner as a youthful Wolves side came back from a goal down to beat 10-man Brighton, who must now wait to secure their Premier League survival.
In a dramatic finish at Molineux, the midfielder side-footed a superb finish high into the net with just seconds of normal time remaining to reward Wolves and punish Albion for Lewis Dunk’s second-half red card.
Dunk was at the centre of the contest, rising to send in a towering header from a corner to give the Seagulls a deserved first-half lead, which the centre-back then helped preserve with a solid defensive display.
But his deserved sending off, coming for a tug of the shirt on Fabio Silva after the forward had darted goal-side of him, altered the momentum of the contest, with a bit of help from the introduction of Adama Traore.
The winger poked in a superb finish with 14 minutes to go in a second half that the home side had previously toiled through despite their one-man advantage.
And then Morgan-Gibbs won it, making amends for a woeful earlier miss with his neat finish.
To rub salt into Brighton’s wounds, striker Neal Maupay received his side’s second red card of the afternoon after the final whistle following a confrontation with referee Jonathan Moss.
The win takes Wolves to 45 points, with Brighton remaining 10 points ahead of 18th-placed Fulham and needing one more result to go their way to cement their Premier League place for 2021-22.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
Squad number11Player nameRui Patrício
Squad number2Player nameHoever
Squad number16Player nameCoady
Squad number49Player nameKilman
Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri
Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho
Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves
Squad number18Player nameGibbs-White
Squad number20Player nameVitinha
Squad number10Player nameDaniel Podence
Squad number17Player nameFábio Silva
Squad number12Player nameWillian José
Squad number32Player nameDendoncker
Squad number37Player nameTraoré
Brighton & Hove Albion
Squad number26Player nameSánchez
Squad number3Player nameWhite
Squad number4Player nameWebster
Squad number5Player nameDunk
Squad number33Player nameBurn
Squad number16Player nameJahanbakhsh
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number8Player nameBissouma
Squad number11Player nameTrossard
Squad number9Player nameMaupay
Squad number18Player nameWelbeck
Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
Squad number15Player nameModer
Squad number29Player nameZeqiri
Line-ups Wolves
Formation 4-2-3-1
11Rui Patrício
2Hoever16Coady49Kilman3Aït-Nouri
28João Moutinho8Neves
18Gibbs-White20Vitinha10Podence
17Fábio Silva
Substitutes
Brighton
Formation 4-4-1-1
26Sánchez
3White4Webster5Dunk33Burn
16Jahanbakhsh13Groß8Bissouma11Trossard
9Maupay
18Welbeck
Substitutes
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Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
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Neal Maupay (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the red card.
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Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
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Foul by Fábio Silva (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Dan Burn (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Neal Maupay (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Yves Bissouma (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Ki-Jana Hoever (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Yves Bissouma (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
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Attempt blocked. Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
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Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Alexis Mac Allister tries a through ball, but Pascal Groß is caught offside.
85′
Robert Sánchez (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
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Attempt missed. Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Adama Traoré.
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Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Andi Zeqiri (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt blocked. Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.