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Xavier Simons sent off after hitting Harry Gray as Bolton crash out in defeat to Sheffield Wednesday

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Xavier Simons sent off after hitting Harry Gray as Bolton suffer a Carabao Cup First Round exit to Sheffield Wednesday.

It was a scrappy first half, Championship newboys Bolton missed three chances, reduced to 10 men, then Wednesday, who suffered relegation to League One, the stronger, grabbing a beautiful late winner from Jamal Lowe, with Barry Bannan involved in the goal.

As seen in video footage below, Simons losing his head, lashing out then the Owls had the last laugh .

Team lineups, as per swfc.co.uk and bwfc.co.uk:

Sheffield Wednesday: Lumley, Valery (Palmer 85), Otegbayo, Swinkels, M Lowe, Bannan (Fusire 79), Slattery, Thornton (Barry 63), Gray (Grainger 79), Liongola, Burstow (J Lowe 63)

Bolton Wanderers: Bonham, Stephenson, Forino (Toal 76), Davies (Watson 76), Famewo, Sheehan (c), Simons, Larrazabal (Conway 62), Rodrigues (McAtee 72), Gale (Dong 72), Dalby

Bolton subs not used: Harrington, Christie, Warren, Ritchie

Henrik Pedersen told BBC Sheffield’s Football Heaven show: “I’m really pleased. We have had a good pre-season and then last week against Oldham it was an example for how we don’t want to be.

“And today I saw my boys back on the pitch for who we want to be. And from the football game I saw a lot of step in the right direction for our aggressive pressing, for our quick transition, more players high up when we want the ball, more forward mindset, a team when we generally were on the ball that we have less backwards passes, less sideways passes, but there was a good verticality in this.

“And then I saw a culture with a team where everything was not perfect, but there was no evaluation. We keep on going and they keep on working and they keep on working as a group. Yeah, I’m happy for the performance.”

Interviewer: “Was it important to score a goal, win the game, but get a clean sheet as well and completely draw a line under last week?”

Henrik: “We are here for winning football games and we have to get used to win and today we find a way to win. Next Saturday we have to find another way to win.

“But of course it means a lot. It means everything in this situation where we are that we have to learn to win and find a way to win. And today how the boys keep concentrating, keep going, keep going and we have spoken about changes.

“Today we changed a little bit earlier than we did last season. And I think they did it well also when the players came in. So, yeah, I’m pleased with this.”

Interviewer: “One of those changes was Jamal Lowe who scored the goal. What did you make of the goal? It well crafted, wasn’t it?”

Hnerik: “I think it was a great goal, but it was also a Jamal with intensity. And it was a Jamal deep running.

“And this is one of the things we have spoken about in the team that we generally want to change a little bit earlier to increase the intensity. And yeah, he did really well when he came in.”

Here’s the social media reaction on Xavier Simons sent off after hitting Harry Gray as Bolton crash out in defeat to Sheffield Wednesday…

@AshFinney1: A professional footballer with not far off 100 apps punching a 17 year old kid in a carabao cup round one fixture because he’s pulled his shirt 🤣🤣🤣 #swfc







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