BAILED OUT
Peacock-farrell’s heroics for Owls
WEDNESDAY boss Darren Moore had keeper Bailey Peacock-farrell to thank as he kept up their run of five straight clean sheets.
Following his stunning penalty save, the South Yorkshire derby in Rotherham then swung the visitors’ way in the second half as goals from Florian Kamberi and Lee Gregory sealed the points for the Owls. Moore said: “The penalty was the crucial moment in the game and it was a great save by Bailey.
“We thought the contact was outside of the box – but still it wasn’t a missed penalty – it was a save.
“It was a turning point in the game. What I was most pleased with was that the players didn’t let it affect them.
“They settled down and we spoke at halftime about resetting.
“I am pleased to get the three points. That is always first and foremost.
“I thought it was a pulsating derby but I think the most pleasing thing to me was the resolute defending and the commitment shown by the players.
“I thought everybody played their part. Every single one of them did their job. Once we got the second goal it was about us doing our jobs.”
Rotherham dominated the first half, but Northern Ireland stopper Peacockfarrell kept out Kieran
Sadlier’s penalty after Callum Paterson had brought down Joshua Kayode.
Wednesday made them pay with two second half goals. However, Rotherh a m manager Paul Warne wasn’t too downhearted.
“Apart from the last 20 minutes, I was really pleased,” he said.
“The penalty miss was a big thing.”