3-0, Premier League, Molineux Stadium, 2012-04-11
van Persie 9, Walcott 11, Benayoun 69
A game that we could just ease through, and three vital points.
We got a great start when Walcott was brought down in the box and we were awarded a penalty. It was, however, rather harsh of the referee to send off Bassong for the foul. Robin van Persie stepped up to take the penalty (who else?) and, cool as you like, chipped the ball into the back of the net. With this goal he has equalled Wright's record of scoring against 17 (out of 20) different teams during one Premier League season.
Before long we extended our lead, and it was the same duo that was behind it all. Van Persie gave Theo Walcott a brilliant assist and the young winger's shot was perfectly executed.
After that second goal we dropped the tempo a bit and, as mentioned above, just eased through the game. That is never wise. Wolves had one major opportunity in the second half to get back in the game but our amazing young goalkeeper saved us. Mere minutes after that incident we sealed the game with our third strike, and what a strike it was! Yossi Benayoun came up with a brilliant strike at the edge of the box.
So in the end this proved to be three fairly easily earned points, due to the circumstances of the game.
Injury Update:
-Gibbs picked up a slight injury in the Manchester City game, so Santos came in to replace him in this game. Koscielny was suspended for this game as he has picked up a certain amount of yellow cards. (ten, I believe).
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