Unsung Wolves star breaks down miraculous Brighton moment: 'I gambled and it paid off'

Wolves fought backmost from 2-0 down with 88 minutes connected the timepiece astatine Brighton arsenic the Premier League strugglers claimed conscionable their 2nd constituent of the play by producing an astonishing precocious comeback

Tommy Doyle was the unsung leader of Wolves' last-gasp gully astatine Brighton - yet inactive claimed 'I wanted to win'

The erstwhile Manchester City midfield maestro played a captious relation successful Matheus Cunha's melodramatic leveller astatine the Amex - stopping a Brighton counter-attack successful which helium was outnumbered by 4 players to 1 arsenic the Seagulls pressed for a 3rd - to assistance snatch a constituent from the jaws of defeat.

But the bare 23-year-old was inactive not wholly satisfied with the fightback, stating: "I'm blessed with the constituent but actually, I truly wanted the win. You could truly consciousness the togetherness retired determination and present it's astir turning that into each 3 points."

Doyle has had to bide his clip astatine Molineux and his dogged, all-action show connected the South Coast marked his archetypal Premier League commencement of the season. But with must-win games versus Crystal Palace, Southampton and Fulham connected the skyline - the England U21 Euro victor wants to guarantee Wolves crook the country to easiness the unit upon Gary O'Neil.

He added connected his team's favourable tally of fixtures: "It needs to beryllium precisely the aforesaid arsenic what we've done there.

"Hopefully we're not conceding goals but if we bash find ourselves successful a concern wherever it is uncomfortable, we cognize what to do. We'll instrumentality a gully present but the absorption present has to beryllium 3 points and thing less."

When Evan Ferguson netted Brighton's 2nd and seemingly enactment the crippled beyond scope connected 85 minutes, it looked game, acceptable and lucifer connected Saturday. But Wolves - contempt failing to triumph immoderate of their opening 8 top-flight matches - simply had different ideas.

Doyle shed airy connected wherefore some helium and his team-mates ne'er dropped their heads, adjacent astatine 2-0, explaining: "Sometimes you conscionable get a feeling erstwhile you're successful the game, particularly successful that 2nd half.

"Their extremity was against the tally of play and sometimes you conscionable get a hunch that thing mightiness travel retired of this. Obviously we responded rapidly done Rayan [Ait-Nouri] and yes, yet it was a large feeling but we request to physique connected this adjacent week."

Wolves' humble gem was besides keen to play down his relation successful Wolves' priceless equaliser aft intercepting Mats Wieffer's sloppy pass. Doyle said: "I benignant of knew what helium was going to do.

"It sounds a small spot silly but it tin beryllium conscionable arsenic hard for the feline playing the walk arsenic the defender with 4 guys up with him. There's an constituent of guessing, I gambled and it paid off. It led to an assistance up the different extremity and I'm truly blessed with that."

On the ground of Wolves' spirit, it seems wide the Wolves players are inactive afloat down O'Neil and the youngster concluded: "Whatever happens successful shot it volition ever travel backmost to the gaffer. But we person to instrumentality work arsenic lads due to the fact that though helium picks the team, we person to bash more.

"Today was impervious that determination is much to travel from us."

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