When Igor Thiago, celebrating his first call-up to the Brazil squad, scored his fourth goal in four games, the second of their first-half stroll, Brentford were cruising to the shoulders of Chelsea and Liverpool. By full-time, the quest to reach European football for the first time in club history had received a severe jolt. And it could have been worse.
Wolves have gone 330 days without an away win, to remain the last of the 92 league clubs to not break that duck, but showed continued signs of life, of pride within impending doom. After Tolu Arokodare’s goal levelled the scores at 2-2, Wolves were much the likelier victors. The same substitute soon after headed against the crossbar. Though relegation remains a near certainty, a refusal to accept their fate, having nothing to lose makes Wolves a danger to any opposition.
