Wolves win in pictures

Stephen Elliott's header gave Wolves a hard-fought victory over Colchester.

Stephen Elliott's header gave Wolves a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Colchester.nextpage

The U's started well and Wolves goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey saved from Kevin Lisbie and Mark Yeates before a Johnnie Jackson free-kick hit the post.nextpage

Wolves slowly came into the game.nextpage

It was still against the run of play when Elliott headed home the rebound after Freddie Eastwood's header was saved.nextpage

The Republic of Ireland striker, making his first start for eight games after injury, headed into an empty net.nextpage

Colchester could not find a response to going behind.nextpage

Wolves' efforts on goal were limited as they held on for the three points, to Colchester assistant manager Micky Adams's frustration.nextpage

Eastwood fired against the woodwork as Wolves stretched their unbeaten run to five games.nextpage

The home fans were given a scare in injury time when Kemal Izzet struck a post but it would have been ruled out anyway for a foul.nextpage

Wolves nervously hung on to move fourth in the table.

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