'He's more important than anyone' - Sheffield Wednesday forward Lee Gregory lauds Bailey Peacock-Farrell

Sheffield Wednesday forward Lee Gregory stole the headlines with his late winner against AFC Wimbledon but he reserved praise for his teammate Bailey Peacock-Farrell for the goalkeeper's role in the 2-1 win. The Owls dominated possession and carved open more opportunities but whilst the game was level at 1-1, Peacock-Farrell made an excellent save to prevent Ayoub Assai doubling his goal tally for the afternoon.

His heroics came exactly a week on from the 4-1 win over Cheltenham Town, during which he also pulled off a tremendous save when the game had not yet been decided. Gregory went as far as describing the loanee as Wednesday's most important squad member, telling YorkshireLive: "[The save was] massive, massive. When you see them going through like that, you think the worst but what a save from Bails [Bailey], he kept us in the game.

"He's been class. He's more important than anyone, we just need him to keep confident and that'll help him massively today. 'Keepers can switch off when they're not busy, so thankfully he was switched on and he made the save, he's done well today. Maybe that just gave us a little boost, sometimes you need something to happen like that for us to realise 'right, let's go win this now'. That was the time."

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Peacock-Farrell made the step up from the Championship to the Premier League in 2019 when he left Leeds United for Burnley. However, he struggled for game time at Turf Moor and dropped down to the third tier this season when he arrived at Hillsborough.

Despite initially polarising supporters, he has established himself as the undisputed number one in S6 and has made 37 league appearances for the