11th April 2004

SO SO near, but yet so far. Wolvers were just seconds from making history at Manchester City on Saturday, but a last gasp Shaun Wright-Phillips goal ended all hope.

Seconds - That was the margin between three deserved points and one single point. Wolves were just seconds away from making history and securing their first ever away win in the Premiership, but another last minute goal was enough to kill all hope.

As the final whistle blew, the atmosphere in the away end at the very impressive City Of Manchester Stadium was a strange one. Nobody could believe that the win had slipped away, but nobody was surprised. It sounds like a contradiction, but it was a feeling of inevitable shock.

Dave Jones made several changes from the side which was thrashed by Southampton a week previous. Mark Clyde replaced Denis Irwin, Carl Cort replaced Kenny Miller, Shaun Newton replaced Vio Ganea, Colin Cameron replaced the suspended Alex Rae whilst Isaac Okoronkwo made a surprise league debut in place of Jody Craddock.

Wolves could have been two up early on, but after 25 minutes the score read 'Man City 0 Wolves 2'.

It was the first time Wolves had scored in the first quarter of a match all season, but the goal was a stunning effort by the impressive Kennedy who smashed the ball home from 25 yards and less than five minutes later Carl Cort knocked the ball into the net after a defensive blunder by the home side.

Typical Wolves defending then saw the scores leveled with thanks to Anelka and Sibierski. Anelka lost his marker to head home from close range before an almost identical goal from Sibierski  evened the scores.

Missing chances has cost Wolves this season, so it was no surprise when Cameron saw his penalty saved by James following Dunne's push on Henri Camara.

However fifteen minutes remained and Wolves scored what everyone thought would have been the winning goal. Mark Kennedy saw his free-kick saved by James but the ball fell to Camara who scored his third goal in three games.

Although as we know, Wolves were killed in the final seconds. Mark Kennedy cleared a Man City corner and Shaun Wright-Phillips drove low past Paul Jones.

Will we ever win away?

MAN CITY 3 WOLVES 3

 

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