{"id":464341,"date":"2011-07-19T22:14:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/19\/walsall-2-3-wolves-christophe-berra-nets-winner-as-premier-league-side-edge-past-league-one-club\/"},"modified":"2011-07-19T22:14:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T22:14:00","slug":"walsall-2-3-wolves-christophe-berra-nets-winner-as-premier-league-side-edge-past-league-one-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/19\/walsall-2-3-wolves-christophe-berra-nets-winner-as-premier-league-side-edge-past-league-one-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Walsall 2-3 Wolves: Christophe Berra nets winner as Premier League side edge past League One club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ryan Benson<\/h3>\n<h4>19 Jul 2011 22:14:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"75.1816901408\">\n<div readability=\"12.4931506849\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael Kightly of Wolves\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/137200\/137210_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Michael Kightly of Wolves<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>Premier League side <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/719\/wolves\">Wolves<\/a> continued their pre-season with a 3-2 victory at League One side <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/teams\/england\/2024\/walsall-fc\">Walsall<\/a> on Tuesday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite starting the brighter of the two at the Banks\u2019 Stadium, Walsall found themselves behind after 14 minutes as Wolves\u2019 first serious foray forward resulted in the first goal of the match as Stephen Hunt crossed to the far post with <strong>Michael Kightly<\/strong> waiting to head the ball in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It didn\u2019t take long for the home side to hit back however as former Manchester City man <strong>Jon Macken<\/strong> struck from distance in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> minute leaving Wayne Hennessey little chance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Wolves regained the lead 20 minutes later after Sylvan Ebanks-Blake crossed the ball from the left leaving <strong>Leigh Griffiths<\/strong> with the task of finding the back of the net and he did so with a good touch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, once again, their lead failed to last as just two minutes later Walsall were level after Alex Nicholls\u2019 centre eventually found its way through to <strong>Will Grigg<\/strong> who found the back of the net with a low shot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The winner came half-way through the second half as <strong>Christophe Berra<\/strong> pounced on Kevin Doyle\u2019s rebounded shot, converting from close range.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3349\/pre-season\/2011\/07\/19\/2582356\/walsall-2-3-wolves-christophe-berra-nets-winner-as-premier\" title=\"Walsall 2-3 Wolves: Christophe Berra nets winner as Premier League side edge past League One club\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walsall 2-3 Wolves: Christophe Berra nets winner as Premier League side edge past League One club<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ryan Benson 19 Jul 2011 22:14:00 Michael Kightly of Wolves Related Links Teams Premier League side Wolves continued their pre-season with a 3-2 victory at League One side Walsall on Tuesday evening. 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