Brentford 4 Wolves 0 - Pictures and report
Wolves' worrying slump continued as they fell to a fourth straight Championship defeat at Brentford.
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After visiting striker Danny Graham had hit the bar early on, the hosts grabbed the lead when Alan Judge fired home.
Substitute Stuart Dallas doubled the lead 16 minutes from time before Andre Gray added the third.
Jato then rubbed salt into the wounds when he slipped home a fourth deep into stoppage time.
The final score may look emphatic but the fact is Wolves were very much in the game until Dallas gave the hosts breathing room.
Yet the concern for head coach Kenny Jackett are numerous. He will be worried about their inability to create clear cut chances and the worrying lapses of concentration at the back.
It led to Brentford's opener – not to mention the way in which they crumbled in the final quarter of an hour.
After a week when he admitted the "mix" of his team wasn't right, Jackett made four changes to the side which was beaten 3-0 at Nottingham Forest seven days previously.
Out went Ethan Ebanks-Landell, James Henry, Tommy Rowe and Kevin McDonald and in came Scott Golbourne, Lee Evans, Rajiv van La Parra and George Saville – who was handed the start against his former club.
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Brentford started brightly but it was Bakary Sako, in his 100th game in old gold, who almost put Wolves ahead.
His audacious free-kick from the right wing caught out home goalkeeper David Button and cleared the bar by just inches.
Moments later, the visitors thought they had taken the lead.
Van La Parra crossed, Graham thundered his far post header against the bar and the ball bounced down, only for Button to somehow clear it with his legs.
Wolves appealed that the ball had crossed the line but the assistant linesman, who was well placed, ruled it hadn't.
There was no question mark over Brentford's opener just before the half hour mark, merely frustration as a Wolves defence which had looked in control to that point switched off.
That allowed Gray to surge down the left and his pass into the box found Judge, who took a touch before sliding his finish past Carl Ikeme.
Sako almost found an instant response but his low drive, after good work by Saville on the edge of the area, was kept out by Button.
But the hosts were close to a second before the break when Gray again got into space on the left.
His chipped cross sailed across the face of the visiting goal, with no team-mate to apply the finishing touch.
Jackett responded at the interval by introducing Tommy Rowe for Golbourne.
But it was Brentford who carved out the first chance of the second period, Ricketts slicing over Judge's week shot after good work by Alex Pritchard.
Wolves were struggling to create, though van La Parra did send one attempt well off target with the outside of his right boot.
Yet the winger was looking the visitors most creative player and after winning the ball out wide, almost set up a leveller.
Edwards flung himself at the ball, but defender Tony Craig got enough on the finish to send it agonisingly wide.
But with the visitors pressing, gaps opened up at the back and Ikeme was forced into a one handed save to deny Judge a second after the midfielder had gone clear.
When Pritchard got away soon after, Wolves were not so fortunate as he showed great patience before squaring for Dallas, who finished from six yards out.
The impressive Gray then made certain of the result when he skipped past Ricketts and fired past Ikeme into the bottom corner.
Jota's goal, four minutes into stoppage time, merely rubbed further salt into the wounds to increase Jackett's headache.
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