'Acrobatic' - West Brom vs Wolves Under-23s player ratings from Premier League Cup final

West Bromwich Albion under-23’s PL Cup run ended in success as they defeated Black Country rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers under-23’s in a real battle at The Hawthorns which ended with tense penalty drama.

Quevin Castro’s early finish meant Albion took the lead after only ten minutes, the Portuguese poked on a cross from Tom Fellows which deflected over Andreas Sondergaard to open the scoring. Winger Chem Campbell tested Ted Cann on a few occasions, with the youngster looking threatening when he cut inside from the left, his most notable effort in the first half saw a shot flash into the side netting.

Wolves then grabbed the equaliser on the half hour mark, as Lee Harkin headed home Hugo Bueno’s planted cross to get the away side back into the game. It was the away side who applied the pressure throughout with calm and measured play throughout the match, and thought they’d found their winner when Hugo Bueno sliced a left-footed effort into the far corner.

Although Albion’s energy levels were fading, they stumbled across an equaliser as Modou Faal acrobatically planted the ball into the bottom corner as extra time drew to a close. The shootout was a tense affair with Ethan Ingram converting the winning penalty in the sudden death phase to be greeted by elation from The Hawthorns.

The ‘keeper commanded his area well and showed good distribution when the ball was at his feet. However, he will be disappointed with failing to stop Harkin’s goal having got a touch on it. Provided a strong stop towards the end of normal time.

Useful on the overlap, Hall was calm and interchanged well when the ball was played into his feet. He also kept his concentration to track Harkin’s movement as he drifted into the channels but was