Wolves climb out of bottom three

David Jones
12 April 2012

David Jones' strike in a 1-0 win lifted Wolves out of the relegation zone as his first Barclays Premier League goal of the season put a dent in Tottenham's hopes of taking back fourth place at Molineux.

The midfielder started the move which resulted in him side-footing home a cross from Matt Jarvis in the 27th minute and Wolves could also have had a penalty when Michael Dawson clipped Jarvis in the first half.

Tottenham's best chance fell to Niko Kranjcar before they had gone behind but he shot too close to goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann.

Kranjcar should have scored after Jermain Defoe had back-heeled Eidur Gudjohnsen's pass into his path but he shot too close to Hahnemann and the goalkeeper deflected the ball for a corner with his legs.

Wolves had a great chance moments later when Kevin Doyle broke through on the right but his touch gave him too narrow an angle and as Dawson got across to challenge he fired a shot across the six-yard area which Sebastien Bassong turned behind.

However, the hosts took the lead with the simplest of goals which came out of nowhere in the 27th minute.

Jones played the ball out to Jarvis on the left and continued his run to side-foot home the cross first time from 15 yards.

Jarvis almost added the second when he cut in on to his right foot and drilled in a shot which goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes turned around the near post.

The visitors looked brighter and Kranjcar had a shot deflected just past the near post but Wolves still looked capable of getting a second and Doyle's lob from Stephen Ward's pass over the top beat Gomes but dropped wide of the target.

The visitors stepped up the pressure in the final 10 minutes but Wolves soaked it all up to register back-to-back home clean sheets in the league for the first time in the campaign.

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