No excuses from Monk as Owls are left pointless

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY tossed away victory as Stoke City substitutes Tyrese Campbell and Sam Vokes grabbed stoppage-time goals to secure a 3-2 comeback win in the Championship.

Michael O’Neill’s side secured a dramatic first win over the Owls since 2005 to move out of the relegation zone.

Teenager Campbell, son of former Arsenal striker Kevin, seemingly stole a share of the spoils in the 93rd minute, before Vokes grabbed the points in the seventh minute of added time.

James McClean, who was an injury doubt after picking up a hamstring niggle against Middlesbrough on Friday, put the hosts ahead.

A quick-fire double from Morgan Fox and captain Tom Lees seemingly completed a fine comeback win for third-placed Wednesday.

But Campbell and Vokes both struck in stoppage time for a famous victory.

The Owls failed to close the gap on the top two as their promotion push hit a snag and manager Garry Monk offered no excuses for his side.

He said: “We got what we deserved today. We weren’t at the races at all and you can’t expect to win games playing like that.

“It’s very frustrating to lead and then lose the game like that at the end. We are bitterly disappointed. We competed better in the last half an hour but we weren’t good enough.

“There was always going to be a fight from them and we didn’t match them.

“We can’t dwell on it and we need to show a reaction and be more determined. We lacked our usual intensity and we have to be frustrated.

“There is a short turn around and we’ll dust ourselves down. We’ll feel the pain but show a reaction like we have done before.” Stoke boss O’Neill said: “After 90 minutes we were five points adrift of safety and now we’re out of the relegation zone – that shows you how crazy the Championship is.”