Matt Murray has made just 87 league appearances in 12 years at Molineux

Wolves goalkeeper Matt Murray's return to action after a year's absence with a knee injury lasted just 23 minutes in a reserve match against Birmingham.

The injury-ravaged former England Under-21 keeper felt discomfort in his knee and was substituted.

Murray told the club's official website: "It's better to take the precaution, see how things settle down and then carry on my rehab."

Wolves won the match 2-0 with goals from George Elokobi and Greg Halford.

Murray, 28, has been out since rupturing a patella tendon playing on loan for Hereford in November 2008, and has not played a first team game for Wolves since May 2007.

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The shot-stopper added: "I've been training well for the last three or four weeks and I've done my first warm-up for a game for a long time and that felt good.

"But I just felt a little discomfort in the early stages and the medical team felt there was no point in trying to carry on and play the 90 minutes and take any risks.

"The most important thing is completing my recovery - this was just another step on my rehabilitation and when you've been out for so long then these things happen."

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