Wolves vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction today
Relive all the action from Molineux
Ivan Toney inspired Brentford to their first away win in the top flight for 74 years with a 2-0 victory at Wolves.
Toney almost moved to Molineux from Northampton as a teenager in 2014, the move collapsing when he failed a medical, so it was perhaps inevitable he would star as Wolves slumped to a fourth straight home Premier League defeat.
The 25-year-old had a goal, an assist and two disallowed in the first half alone as a clinical Brentford side got their first top-flight win since beating Leeds 2-1 in 1947, with Bryan Mbeumo also on target.
A second-half red card for Shandon Baptiste threatened to spoil Brentford’s afternoon, but, even though Wolves finished on top, they failed to score for a fourth league match out of five this season. Relive all the action below:
Wolves 0 - 2 Brentford
50 mins: Ajer takes a knock in his own penalty box and needs seeing to by the medical staff. He’ll be fine play on though.
Chance! Oh my. Nelson Semedo slips the ball out to Adama Traore on the right wing. The forward has switched side for Wolves and his chips a cross into the box. There’s a lot of spin on the ball and it loops over Raya before bouncing on the line and spinning away from goal!
Wolves 0 - 2 Brentford
47 mins: Chance! Mbeumo should have put the game to bed! Wolves knock the ball back to Jose Sa who gives it to Ruben Neves on the edge of his own box. Brentford press high and Janelt knocks the ball away from the Wolves midfielder. He puts it into the path of Mbeumo who rolls the ball onto his left foot and belts one wide of the far post!
Wolves 0 - 2 Brentford
Second half: Bruno Lage makes a change at half-time and brings on Hwang Hee-Chan in place of Romain Saiss. It’s an attacking change so let’s see if it pays off for the home side.
Toney shines in first half
Ivan Toney opened the scoring at Molineux converting from the spot. He has scored 15 of the 16 penalties he has taken in English league football (excl. play-offs), including all 10 for current club Brentford.
Half-time: Wolves 0 - 2 Brentford
45+3 mins: Brentford take a two-goal into the break at the Molineux. Ivan Toney has a goal and an assist to name as well as two further disallowed goals.
Lots of work for Wolves to do to get back into this game.
Wolves 0 - 2 Brentford
45 mins: Three minutes of added time to play at the end of the first half.
Wolves 0 - 2 Brentford
43 mins: Jimenez blunders into Mbeumo as he tries to win an aerial ball giving Brentford a free kick in their own half. The visitors are winding down the clock until half-time.
Wolves 0 - 2 Brentford
41 mins: Toney and Mbeumo are at it again. Brentford defend a simple cross in from Trincao and the clearance comes out to Toney. He carries the ball up through midfield before attempting a through ball into the box for Mbeumo. A back-tracking Neves reads the play and manages to intercept the pass.
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