isaan.live — Brighton secured their place in the 4th rounded of the Carabao Mug with a hard-fought 3-2 success over Wolverhampton Wanderers at The Amex Arena.
The Seagulls stormed right into a comfy lead with 2 long-range initiatives in the first fifty percent. Carlos Baleba opened up the racking up with a spectacular strike in the 14th min, complied with by Simon Adingra’s equally outstanding objective in the 31st min.
Wolves had a hard time to find their ground in the beginning, but right before halftime, Goncalo Guedes gave his side hope by transforming Matt Doherty’s cut-back in the 44th min, decreasing Brighton’s lead to 2-1.
The second fifty percent saw Wolves arise with greater strength, nearly progressing ball game when Nelson Semedo’s go across was deflected goalwards, just for Josh Hinshelwood to earn a crucial goal-line clearance.
Guedes also had a gold opportunity to equalize but missed out on the target with simply the goalkeeper to beat. Despite Wolves’ stress, Brighton brought back their two-goal cushion late on when Ferdi Kadioglu touched in the rebound after Danny Welbeck’s fired was conserved.
Wolves managed to draw one back through Tommy Doyle, whose fired went in off the bottom of the crossbar, but it proved to be a simple consolation. Brighton held on win 3-2, protecting their spot in the last-16 of the competitors.