Gary O’Neil has revealed the moment against Arsenal which has left him feeling bitterly disappointed.
Wolves put up a good fight against the league leaders on Saturday afternoon and came close to completing a comeback.
Gary O’Neil‘s side conceded two in the opening 15 minutes however then managed to keep Arsenal at bay for the remainder and a late Matheus Cunha goal provided hope of a comeback which gave Martin Odegaard a scare.
Ultimately it was a 2-1 defeat for Wolves, but once again several positives could be taken from the game.
The biggest negative in the defeat was probably unrelated to the performance, with Jose Sa’s injury due to be a huge loss.
However, there was one moment which O’Neil found particularly disappointing.
O’Neil disappointed over key moment
Speaking after the game with BeIN Sports, O’Neil described the exact moment which disappointed him most in the game.
Upon being asked if his side was punished for a poor performance in the first half, O’Neil claimed it wasn’t the performance but rather his side was: “Punished by the couple of moments for the goal, the first one I’m really disappointed with because it’s a situation which we worked hard on, we knew would arise and we got so many bodies around Saka.
“All the bodies we’d worked on getting around him and there’s a couple of ricochets in there, Daws [Dawson] is maybe a little bit hesitant in the penalty area which you can understand these days with the amount of penalties that’s been given.
“So Daws was slightly hesitant, and the way Saka managed to wriggle through so many of our bodies in a situation we’d prepped for was disappointing.”
O’Neil can be happy overall
In fairness, Saka is among the best in the league so while disappointing, O’Neil shouldn’t let it trouble him too much as his team gave Arsenal some serious problems and was very good defensively for the most part.
We imagine O’Neil won’t be losing any sleep as he now gears his side up to face Burnley midweek at Molineux and next Saturday’s visit from Nottingham Forest.
While missing four players from his strongest line-up, O’Neil and his players once again impressed, but they’d probably prefer the three points