Wolves’ bubble is burst with costly dismissal of Nelson Semedo

Jeff Shea, Wolverhampton team boss, was smiling before he sat down in front of the game. After he appointed his “first choice” Julen Lopetegui as coachThey must have felt sour by the end of November 14th.

Pascal Gross scored a goal late for Brighton and Hove Albion in their win against Wolves. Wolves played the entire second-half with ten men.

Nelson Semedo’s dismissal prior to the break was costly. Both teams advanced to the halftime stage with a score 2-2 after an action-packed second half.

Lopetegui, who was fired for his roles as coach in Spain and Real Madrid, can take comfort in Wolves’ scores of twice in the Premier League this season.

They were quite defensively negligent at times here, Semedo included.

Goncalo Guiedes scored his first goal in Wolverhampton. Robin Neves, captain of Wolverhampton, converted a penalty. However, it was not enough as the visitors won from behind 2-1.

Adam Lallana performed brilliantly in the first period for Brighton, scoring a goal using a curly shot and also attacking with Kaoru Mitchelluma’s skill, to score a second goal.

Roberto de Zerbe’s men were patient during the second half, and Gros was rewarded with his goal.

Diego Costa was wearing a hoodie in the stands after he was stopped by Brentford police for headbutting Ben Mei. Raul Jimenez, who was injured, was also in attendance in his tracksuit. This meant that Wolves began with Hwang Heechan as the attack, with Guedes on either side and Daniel Bowdens in the middle.

After a 4-1 win over Chelsea, Brighton made an unchanged starting line-up – and they had a lot of fun.

Lallana didn’t score any goals in the last year and a quarter, but he shot well after a classy move in that Mituma made a great cross and then Leandro trossard hit it.

Wolves showed some fighting to equalize fast, similar to Brentford last week, where Boubacar Traore slashed forward to cut inside designed Guedes. Mitoma was also evaded and Boubacar Traore passed into the equaliser.

Molyneux was yelling again as Neves fired confidently at the penalty spot as Brighton captain Lewis Dunk was arrested with a handball offense from a Bowdens Cross – after Graham Scott checked Farr.

Neves was able to remain cool despite the fact that Robert Sanchez, Brighton’s goalkeeper, appeared to be trying hard to make the penalty more severe.

It was as good with Wolverhampton as it was with Wolverhampton. The visitors settled when Lallana floated across his cross and Mitoma headed eight yards into the backpost, beating Semedo with his jump.

Semedo’s problems got worse when he, the last man, dragged Mitoma towards the penalty area and waved a fake ticket at the offending winger. The straight red continued just before the half-time.

After an exciting first period, Brighton led with a man advantage in the second half. Jose Sa saved a free kick from Alexis McAllister and was close to half-way.

Sanchez also needed a mission save for Adama Traore’s efforts.

Brighton’s breakthrough came in the 84th minutes, when Mituma, who was having a busy afternoon, took the lead and cut the ball again. This ultimately led to a huge steal.