Bright Enobakhare steals late win for Wolves in Checkatrade Trophy
There's a lot to dislike about this competition – but Wolves seem to be enjoying themselves in it.
They were only backed by 60 fans in a crowd of just 963 but these two teams served up a thriller at Gresty Road as Crewe came from 2-0 down only to see Wolves win it through Bright Enobakhare's late goal.
Nouha Dicko started up front and it took him only seven minutes to break the deadlock. Wallace lobbed over the top of the Crewe defence, Dicko latched onto it and hammered a scorching half-volley into the roof of the net from 20 yards.
It was the strike of a man who didn't look short of confidence.
Crewe then began to venture forward and missed two excellent opportunities to level things up, with Chris Dagnall firing straight at a team mate when well placed, and then Callum Ainley firing wide when unmarked.
But towards the end of the half the quality of Wolves' senior players shone through. Wallace found Enobakhare with a cut-back but he couldn't quite get a shot away, then Wallace found Sylvain Deslandes over the top and he fired across goal.
Winger Wallace then went close to scoring, with a 20-yard free kick well saved, and from the resulting corner (taken by you-know-who) Dicko doubled Wolves lead with a top-class finish, cheekily backheeling past the keeper from six yards out.
Wolves looked to end the game as a contest after the break and Enobakhare was inches away from dong so. He embarked on a barnstorming run, driving into the box from left to right and then hitting the post from 15 yards.
Then 22 minutes from time Andy Lonergan gifted Crewe a way back into the game. Outside his own box he mis-controlled the ball and Dagnall nipped in and fired into an empty net.
Crewe had the wind in their sails and they soon made it 2-2 with Ryan Lowe steering home.
But Enobakhare, with 88 minutes gone, edged Wolves back ahead when he took advantage of another defensive mix-up to tap home.
There was still time for Lonergan, who had made two very good saves since his blunder, to pull off a 'worldie' in the 96th minute, saving Dagnall's header and then somehow the rebound too.
Wolves (4-2-3-1): Lonergan; Silvio, Leak, Johnson, Deslandes; Finnie, Saville; Wallace, Enobakhare, Randall (Breslin, 61); Dicko (Wilson, 78). Subs: Burgoyne, Upton, Simpson, McKenna, Carnat.
