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Teenage Wolves Debutant Tom Edozie Denies Arsenal With Stoppage-Time Equaliser

The 19-year-old’s late strike sealed a 2-2 draw that leaves Arsenal five points clear of Manchester City, who have a game in hand.

Overview

  • Arsenal led 2-0 through Bukayo Saka and Piero Hincapié before Hugo Bueno’s first Premier League goal and Tom Edozie’s deflected stoppage-time shot off Riccardo Calafiori earned Wolves a 2-2 draw at Molineux.
  • Edozie entered around the 84th minute and scored roughly ten minutes later on his senior Premier League debut, calling the moment a dream he could hardly describe.
  • The midfielder joined Wolves from a London grassroots program in September 2022 and signed his first professional contract in August 2024, with academy staff long praising his technique and attitude.
  • Head coach Rob Edwards said the club had a gut feeling about introducing Edozie, noting the teenager’s recent first-team training and telling him to seize the opportunity as he came on.
  • The result curtailed Arsenal’s chance to pull seven points clear, heightening scrutiny of their late-game management, which Edozie said looked tense as Wolves gained control in the closing stages.