December 28, (THEWILL) – Wolverhampton Wanderers, earned a comfortable 4-1 victory away at Brentford, on Wednesday evening, with the home side’s defensive frailties exploited by the visitors. Hwang Hee-Chan was the standout performer, netting twice to take his goal tally this season to 11.
Brentford’s injury issues seemingly caught up with them as a string of defensive errors directly led to goals, undoing months of steady progress up the English Premier League table. Nathan Collins, in particular, endured a game to forget against his former club.
Despite Brentford pulling a goal back through Yoane Wissa after Hwang’s early opener, two more terrible mistakes allowed the South Korean to grab his second. An emphatic finish from Jean-Ricner Bellegarde late on rounded out a disastrous night for the Bees.
While Thomas Frank will know Brentford must quickly regroup after a fourth straight defeat, Gary O’Neil will be delighted as his Wolves side made it back-to-back festive wins following their triumph over Chelsea.
The teams now look ahead to their remaining 2023 fixtures hoping for better fortunes. Brentford still retains a comfortable buffer to the bottom three but will want to avoid being sucked into a relegation scrap in the new year.
Jude Obafemi is a versatile senior Correspondent at THEWILL Newspapers, excelling in sourcing, researching, and delivering sports news stories for both print and digital publications.
