A robbery.
Friedel 8. Did what was asked and pulled off a couple of goof saves. Gained an annoying habit of having the ball bounce just away from him before he grabs it which leaves me a tad worried.
L. Young 7. Seemed a little keen to come flying in, once letting Jarvis waltz past him and a couple of other times making a tackle on thin air. Otherwise solid.
Warnock 7. Had 40 mins where he seemed to want the ref to book him and got caught on his heels once or twice, but a great cross for the winner.
Cuellar 9. MOTM. A monster performance, and needed considering how under the cosh we were. Reads the game very well, tackles well, heads it well... love him.
Collins 8. Just slightly outshone by Cuellar, he was also a rock. Slightly less agricultural than his partner but still pretty much faultless. Great celebration too.
Albrighton 7. I'm not sure we should be relying on him yet. He's easily outmuscled and despite his efforts, not so good on the backfoot. Great cross for the opener, but after that slowly drifted out before being substituted a little later than I would have.
NRC 6. Alright. Put himself about and showed some nice passes. We need more than that though imo. His break in the first half showed all the reaosns he's not a box to box man, may have the engine but nothing else. The better of the CMs but it has to be said, thats not saying much.
Petrov 5. Probably the worst performance he's put in recently. We got out battled in midfield and couldn't put a foot on it, and Petrov looked lost.
Downing 7. A scoring habit is a nice thing to have, unless it's heroin.
A. Young 7. He was our outlet but he wasn't able to really shine because how little he was helped. Customary overhit freekick and crosses as per, but he looked keen to do something... I'm still not convinced about him through the middle, but Houllier wants him to be our Owen so I guess we'll have time to be convinced.
Heskey 8. Towering monster header, loads of good work all over the shop. You can tell he knows how to link play, which is unusual for our side. Involved in the first goal as well. Good performance, hope he keeps it up, especially if he can drag more net bursting headers out of his locker.
Subs
Gabby 6. Out on the wing and not doing a whole lot. He's passing very very crisply now though, worked on his skill obviously.
Sidwell. Not really worth rating, had 9mins on the field and managed to break the Wolves man and thats about it.
We can't afford for that to happen to our midfield again. The CM was ragged, Petrov was lost and NRC, whilst the better, really wasn't good enough either. Being fair Wolves sent a lot down the wings early which the CM would always struggle to stamp out but even so, they weren't exactly faultless.
As said, it's a robbery though, Wolves deserved something from that match, but its nice for us to snatch victory now and again.