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Wolves net two stunners in injury time to beat Tottenham during Premier League ‘corrupt’ chant

Wolves net two remarkable stunners in injury time to come from behind and beat Tottenham during the Premier League ‘corrupt’ chant.

Spurs were ahead on 3 minutes, the perfect start as their first real attack ended with a superb low pass from Pedro Porro into a spot in the six-yard box from which Brennan Johnson couldn’t miss.

It was a good reaction from Wolves, but they spent much of the game failing to make the most of their chances, struggling with their finishing.

Apart from the dramatic late finish, the game in truth lacked any decent quality from both sides at the top end of the pitch in the final third, not helped that Spurs were without Maddison and Wolves unable to play the injured Neto.

Poor set piece quality from Wolves let Spurs off, and Giovani Lo Celso almost sealed the win, teeing up on the edge of the box after a break was checked, but his shot towards the top corner just about got tipped over by Jose Sa.

Then on 91 minutes, Wolves found a way through, and what a goal it was too. Pablo Sarabia gathered Matheus Cunha’s ball into the box, flick it up and then smashing it on the volley past Guglielmo Vicario.

6 minutes were added on, and Molineux went into delirium, Wolves spent around 80 minutes messing up their chances, but never gave up, and grabbed their second goal of the game on 97 minutes.

Pablo Sarabia, involved again, set up a neat pass into the box for Mario Lemina, who netted into the far side.

Wolves midfielder Mario Lemina speaking to TNT Sports: “It is an amazing feeling. We’ve been pushing so hard. We deserve this game; we had the best tactic to play against them and we showed it today. I scored the winner and I’m really happy.

“I’m feeling at my best. I’m not getting injured; the fans have supported me. I really love them and the club. I’ve tried to give back to them. We’ve been pushing hard, pressing, pressing. The subs did amazing; a good pass from [Matheus] Cunha and what a finish by [Pablo Sarabia].

“We need to think about the international break and the next game but we are going to enjoy this.”

Player ratings

Wolves: Sa (6), Kilman (7), Dawson (7), Toti (8), Semedo (6), Bellegarde (6), Lemina (7), Gomes (7), Ait-Nouri (6), Hwang (6), Cunha (7).

Subs: Doherty (6), Kalajdzic (6), Sarabia (8), Doyle (6).

Tottenham: Vicario (6), Porro (6), Dier (5), Davies (6), Royal (6), Hojbjerg (6), Bissouma (6), Sarr (6), Kulusevski (5), Son (5), Johnson (7).

Subs: Bentancur (6), Gil (6), Lo Celso (6).

Player of the match: Pablo Sarabia

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou, speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live: “Obviously it is disappointing, the goals going in so late and we worked hard up until that point.

“We ran out of legs at the end but credit to Wolves they came at us and scored a couple of good goals.

“I cannot question the effort and the commitment. In the first-half we scored a good goal and then played a bit conservatively.

“I did not think we were as positive as we could be, the second-half was a bit better but there is a lot of players having their first start and we were never going to get the same fluency.”

Gary O’Neil said: “I was very proud of the group anyway – just the performance and the understanding of what we were trying to do. We started very slowly but the reaction was very good.

“If that game had finished 1-0 to Tottenham it would have been a bit of a hard-luck story, but I still would have been very proud.

“I spoke to the boys at half-time, saying the scoreline was irrelevant – we were the better side. Don’t let the scoreline dictate how you feel – we’re on top.

“It was probably the most proud of a group that I’ve coached today, to produce what they produced against a top side. It’s easy for me to put stuff on the tactics board but for us to find the solutions is a credit to the group.”

This is what Twitter users said as Wolves net two stunners in injury time to beat Tottenham during the home fans’ Premier League ‘corrupt’ chant…

@MattyShaun: Take a bow Sarabia, you don’t get many 86th min super sub appearances better than that one 👏🏼 #wwfc

@dp2885: Right let’s get absolutely fucking smashed 😂😂 Every wolves fan deserves a few alcoholic beverages tonight. Enjoy yourselves everybody. Warra win!!! Cmon me babbies!!!#wwfc

@deanfinney999: Right foot control, left foot finish!! That goal is bloody sexy!! Absolutely unreal! What a cameo by Pablo! Gary got it spot on with his changes! Perfect way to go into the international break! 🐺🧡🖤 #wwfc

@jamiehen1: Seeing every single member of coaching staff jump up and on the pitch when the winner went in, reminds me of the passion our staff had under Nuno. What inspired substitutions #woltot #wolves #wwfc

@molineux4eva: Absolutely outstanding. That’s the Sarabia we all expected to see when he signed. O’Neill with great subs and it paid off. Get innnnnn #wwfc

@Wolvensam: Gary O’Neil running down the touchline Nuno style. Absolutely love it #wwfc

@808Slates: Last minute drama in Wolves favour this week, called this after loss at Bramall Lane last week that we would go and beat Spurs.. And Pablo Sarabia take a bow son that’s always been in his locker #wwfc

@lauwolf79: Don’t think we’ve felt this togetherness since Nuno’s first season. Pleased for all players, we deserved that win. But massively pleased for GON – doubted by many, starting to show what he’s all about & what it means to him. Passion, pride & belief is all we ask for #WWFC

@richierooster69: I nearly went out the window! An I’m on the 33rd floor!! You f-ing beauties. #wolves #wwfc #itsalongwaydown

@MrChrisCobbold: Mario Lemina OUTSTANDING. A truly brilliant performance, GON & coaching staff take a bow. Truly superb. #wwfc

@jordandavies09: Tommy Doyle’s quick ball and Sarabia what a five minutes. I love football sometimes #wwfc

@ecuamerican: Moments before the the game winner I was thinking “Wolves aren’t trying to milk the clock and win via draw, we are trying to win-win this”. Still buzzing and laughing #wwfc

@JackCrutchley10: Can we take a moment to appreciate Tommy Doyle for taking that free kick quickly #wwfc

@wwfcnmusa: Sarabia has never played that well in the almost year he’s been with Wolves. This was the promise of the PSG pedigreed player today. I’m still smiling and dumbfounded. Good for him. #wwfc #WOLTOT #usawolves #nmwolves #PremierLeague

@gjp12775: What a win!!!! We were determined, tenacious, and GON had taken that soft underbelly out. Fully deserved victory, and nearer to the top 6, than bottom 3 – for now. 🧡🖤🐺 #wwfc

@bakes1970: Fantastic result. Left it late, fully deserved the win. Great spirit & played some decent stuff. Two superb moves & finishes for the goals #wwfc #wolves

@wolfbally: Beautiful ending and thoroughly deserved 👏 #wwfc #WOLTOT proud of that performance and the South Bank in fine voice

@agostinhozinga: gary o’neil deserves a lot of credit for the level of performances he’s managing to squeeze out of this depleted and often times toothless wolves, they play good football and never know when they’re dead, great manager, very underrated #WOLTOT #WWFC

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