'Tough few weeks' behind us now, insists Wigan Athletic starlet
After losing their opening three matches of the campaign - the Carabao Cup tie at Fleetwood and League One fixtures against Ipswich and Gillingham - Latics made it third time lucky in the EFL Trophy.
Despite going into half-time a goal down, SIX second-half goals - including a brace from Jolley, opening his senior account - turned the game on its head.
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Hide AdAnd it sends Latics into this weekend's trip to Portsmouth in good spirits.
“It has been a tough few weeks for the lads after a few not great results," said Jolley.
"But we are always working hard and have been trying our best to get wins.
"So it was good tonight to get a win and hopefully that continues on Saturday.”
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Hide AdThe 19-year-old has been a prolific goal-getter for Latics at junior level, and was delighted to get off the mark in first-team football against his hometown club.
“It was good to get my first goals in a Wigan shirt," he acknowledged. “It's something I wanted to do from the start.
"There was a chance in the first-half where I could have and I maybe should have passed it, but I knew more chances would come and the staff said that at half-time.
“The first one was a great ball from Kal (Naismith) and I was there to finish it.
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Hide Ad"The second one was a striker’s goal because you have to anticipate and that’s what I did.
“I think in the second-half we came out knowing we needed to put in a performance.
"It was good to get a goal in an all-round good team performance, with six goals in the second-half."