Sheffield Wednesday eye Callum Paterson to solves goals problem

The Owls – battling to overhaul a 12-point penalty for breaking financial rules – missed good opportunities to open the scoring with Josh Windass and Kadeem Harris going close.

But they ran out of steam after the break – similar to the previous weekend against Watford, when the Owls’ high-tempo approach faded away – allowing City to come into the contest.

Former Doncaster Rovers midfielder Tommy Rowe latched onto Chris Martin’s perfectly guided header to fire City in front from close range on 59 minutes and midfielder Jamie Paterson sealed the points in injury time with a clinical low right-footed finish from 12 yards.

“We were the better side in the first half and created some good chances without being able to take them,” Monk said.

“When you do that in a game, you know that good teams are going to come back at you at some stage.

“We knew it was going to be a tight match against opponents in good form and had we scored when on top it might have been a different story.

“But we couldn’t quite get our noses in front and you need things to go right for you in front of goal.

“Now it is all about how we react to our first defeat and we must do so positively.

“A lot of things were wrong last season and one of them was that we didn’t respond well to setbacks.

“Anyone who watches us can see that we are playing better football. But we have to become consistent.”

After failing to score in four of their first six games of the season, Wednesday’s lack of attacking options is a concern with the Owls close to securng a deal for Cardiff City’s Callum Paterson.

Robins manager Dean Holden is happy for City fans to get as excited as they like after topping the early Championship table.

Holden said: “It’s three wins from three and, particularly with Covid-19 causing so much distress, I would not want to deprive our supporters of something to smile about. But inside the club the feeling is only to focus fully on the next game.

“The lads have taken on board what we want from them. Wednesday were the better side in the first half if I am honest, but we tweaked a few things at the break and the first goal changed the game.

“Chris Martin showed his experience with the header down for the first goal and Tommy Rowe did well to get into a central position from wing-back to get on the end of it.”

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