Ryan Bennett: Togetherness is pulling Wolves through

'Togetherness' has been mentioned a lot when talking about Wolves' close-knit dressing room.

And Bennett, whose first goal for the club sparked wild scenes of celebration, thinks that's been key to Wolves' success.

"I think there's a massive togetherness and it shows out there in situations when you are down and you've got 10 men, everyone pulls together," he said.

"Day in, day out, people don't really see, but around the training ground the respect everyone has for everyone, that's lads who are or aren't playing and the younger lads as well and all the staff.

"You come in the changing room at the end and it's a nice atmosphere and it continues to be that throughout the season.

"I keep referring to the coaches we've got but there's no way they're going to let us rest from now until the end of the season."

Bennett got on the end of Barry Douglas' free kick to earn Wolves the most last-gasp of victories.

He revealed a chat with Willy Boly before the kick was taken led to him being in the right place at the right time.

"I got very nervous," Bennett said when describing his winner. "I heard the defender say he was going to stay in the middle of the goal with the two others

"I said to Willy before – you knew Baz was going to shoot from there – you go across the front and if it's short you get a nick on it, I'll go round the back, if it goes long or wide I can hopefully be there to put it in. Fortunately I was.

"It was a long time coming – the ball seemed to be floating for a long time!

"When you see it going in the back of the night there's no better feeling."

Wolves take on Brentford tonight looking to increase their lead at the top of the table.

Bennett was dropped at Ashton Gate but is almost certain to start owing to Danny Batth's three-match suspension

"That's football, that's what it's like," he said of being left on the bench on Saturday. "No one wants to come out the team but we've got the squad we got, it's going to happen.

"At the end of the day it's bigger than me, it's bigger than any individual player.

"Obviously I want to play but at the same time I want to see the team winning, I'm part of a team.

"Coming on after 15 minutes isn't the easiest thing to do sometimes, it takes you a bit of a while to get going.

"With the staff we've got, you have conversations with Julio (Figueroa, first team coach) before the game and they're keeping your mind on track, telling you things that sometimes you need to hear.

"He said things to me before that reaped rewards during the game."

Bennett said the win at Ashton Gate was a 'massive result'.

His first goal for the club sealed a memorable comeback win for Wolves, who had been reduced to 10 men early on after Batth's red card.

The centre half said: "It was a massive result. We knew before the game – and we spoke about it when we were going through how we wanted to go about things – it's not easy when things don't go to plan, with 10 men.

"A lot of credit to the lads, we dug in, especially the forward players who did a lot of work out there.

"We dug in, kept it 0-0 as long as we could, we were disappointed we conceded the goal, but the lads kept going and when it to 10 v 10 I thought there was only one team going on to win it.

"It is a big statement, everyone knows that."