Dave Edwards: Two big moments denied Wolves a deserved result

A frustrating afternoon, a game dictated by two huge moments that shaped the outcome. Wolves were on the wrong side of those two big moments, with the penalty miss and the red card.

Rob Edwards will feel disappointment because Wolves were excellent in the first half. They managed the game extremely well, with the atmosphere playing a big part in a poor first half from Palace.

There's a strained relationship between the home fans and Oliver Glasner and they weren't looking very confident. Wolves really took advantage with control in that first half, especially in the midfield area.

Andre was brilliant again on and off the ball. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde had a terrific game as well and Wolves looked like the dominating force and that was rewarded with the first big moment of the match being the penalty.

There was good work in the build-up with Mosquera pressing well and it ended with Adam Wharton bringing down Mateus Mane.

Unfortunately for Wolves, Tolu never really looked too comfortable over the ball. I thought with the likes of Adam Armstrong and Ladislav Krejci on the pitch they might have been more favored to take it, but Tolu seemed confident, and in that situation you have to go with it.

But it was a disappointing penalty. Wolves went into half-time, where they could have been one in front and full of confidence but instead they were disappointed.

The game was still very much there to go and win until the second big moment of the game comes with the sending off of Krejci.

I did think both yellows were harsh. The first one could have easily not been a yellow and the second one was so close to after the whistle went, you could arguably say he's kicking the ball back up towards where it was adjudged to have gone out for a throw-in.

A little bit of common sense could have been used by the referee but it wasn't, he was so quick to react, didn't give himself any time to think about it and when you look at the game as a whole and those two yellow cards that Krejci picked up, then you can quite easily say that Wharton and Will Hughes could have been sent off as well for a lot of tackles those guys made for Crystal Palace. 

But that's the way it's been going for Wolves this season and with Krejci being sent off, David Moller Wolfe came on for Adam Armstrong and you lose the forward's energy as you have to change the shape and personnel.

However, Wolves were very disciplined, solid defensively and it looked like they had done enough, until that final moment. The cross came into the box a little bit too easy, the run from Evann Guessand off the back of Joao Gomes, finding a pocket of space between him and Mosquera, and it's a good finish.

But there was far too much space in the box at that stage of the game. As a defender you have to find a shirt to get a well-earned point with 10 men and bring yourself level with Derby's record low points tally of 11, which every Wolves fan is desperate to beat.

Krejci's going to be a huge miss with his suspension and it's a massive game on Friday. No motivation will be needed in the West Midlands derby, Wolves played really well at Villa Park in the reverse fixture despite a 1-0 loss after a wondergoal from Kamara.

It's going to be a big game now for Wolves to hopefully get the three points to surpass Derby's total.

Wolves need to be better in the final third but they have lots of positives to take from the weekend and they've got to take those positives into the game on Friday night under the lights at Molineux against Villa.