Report | Swansea City U21s 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s 3

Swansea City Under-21s suffered late heartbreak as they conceded in added time to fall to defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League Cup.

Daniel Angel fired Wolves ahead inside the opening minute, before second-half goals from Thomas Woodward and Morgan Bates put the Swans in front with 20 minutes remaining.

Luke Rawlings later drew Wolves level before captain Caden Voice struck the winner in added time to deny the home side a share of the spoils.

It marked the second PL Cup game in a row in which the Swans have conceded a crucial stoppage-time goal, after Nottingham Forest also scored a stoppage-time winner.

The visitors had taken the lead inside the opening minute when a through ball down the left from Voice sent Angel racing clear of the Swans defence, and he finished smartly into the top corner.

The Swans responded well to the early setback, with their first chance falling to Woodward, whose volley from inside the area flashed wide of the right-hand post.

Woodward went close again on 25 minutes, as neat link-up play with Bates sent him one-on-one with the goalkeeper, but his low effort across goal struck the far post.

The Swans trailed at the break but started the second half strongly, with Caleb Demery forcing Welsh youth international Lewys Benjamin into his first save of the game, as the goalkeeper dived low to his left to keep out a curling effort from outside the area.

The equaliser arrived minutes later when Bates won the ball high up the pitch and slipped Woodward through, with the forward making no mistake as he slotted past Benjamin.

Momentum was firmly in the Swans’ favour, and they nearly added a spectacular second when the second phase of a set-piece fell to captain Arthur Parker, whose 30-yard strike flew narrowly over the bar.

Swansea continued to threaten as the hour mark approached, with Demery showing superb footwork to evade several Wolves defenders in the area before firing narrowly wide of the far post.

And the Swans took a deserved lead with 20 minutes remaining after a superb team move that began with goalkeeper Evan Anderson. The ball was worked to Josh Pescatore, whose effort from inside the box was initially saved by Benjamin, but Bates reacted quickest to poke home from close range for Swansea’s second.

The hosts showed no signs of letting up after taking the lead and nearly added a third when Woodward picked up a loose ball and played Pescatore into space on the edge of the area, but his curling effort struck the post as the Swans were denied by the woodwork again.

The missed opportunity proved costly as Wolves found an equaliser with 10 minutes remaining. Rawlings drove forward, weaving past several defenders, before unleashing a powerful strike at the near post that beat Anderson.

The Swans almost regained the lead straight from kick-off as Pescatore drove up the pitch and unleashed a long-range effort that bounced in front of Benjamin, who managed to parry the ball away from goal.

But it was the visitors who found the winner through Voice, who sent a ball into the area from the left-hand side. What looked more like a cross took a deflection and found its way past Andersen to seal the victory.

Swansea City Under 21s: Evan Anderson, Zach Jeanes (Josh Pescatore 46), Blair Mckenzie (Carter Heywood 92), Dan Watts, Arthur Parker, Iestyn Jones, Sam Parker, Thomas Woodward, Morgan Bates, Yori Griffith (Callum Deacon 49), Caleb Demery (Kai Rhodes 75). 

Unused Substitutes: Tom Wright. 

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Lewys Benjamin, Myles Dayman (Hayden Carson 64), Ethan Sutherland, Caden Voice, Sebastian Lochhead, Mackenzie Bradbury (Ty Barnett 64), Leonardo Lopes (Josh Esen 78), Luke Rawlings, Daniel Angel, Fletcher Holman, Finn Ashworth. 

Unused Substitutes: Alfie Brooks.