Unlike the majority of this season’s many losses, Wolves had right to feel hard done by coming away from Arsenal with zero points.
Compared to the usual, Wolves were much better against Arsenal. Like the Villa game, they travelled well and were unfortunate with how the pendulum swung.
Arsenal needed a 94th-minute own-goal from Yerson Mosquera to avoid what would have been a massive upset against the worst team in the league this season.
Ben Foster felt as we all did after Saturday night’s tragic end at the Emirates.
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Ben Foster’s honest admission after Wolves vs Arsenal
The first thing worth knowing about Foster is that he has over 500 appearances in a career spanning two decades. Coming in at a close second, is that he’s a West Brom fan.
He doesn’t often give favourable coverage to his bitter rivals. Foster recently claimed Middlesbrough are a bigger club than Wolves when Rob Edwards decided to make the move.
But after that Arsenal game, he couldn’t say anything negative about it from a Wolves perspective.
On a recent episode of Fozcast, he said: “Arsenal game, lads. Lucky boys, weren’t they? Very lucky.
“I felt, you know, again, I’m not the biggest Wolves fan in the world. I actually felt a little bit sorry for them in this game here. I really did.”
The manner in which Wolves lost this game was tough to take. A 90th-minute equaliser sent the away end into a frenzy, only for a second own-goal of the evening to settle the affair.
Ben Foster dissects Sam Johnstone own-goal
The other moment of misfortune for Edwards‘ side was the opener — a Sam Johnstone own-goal as a result of Bukayo Saka’s corner.
On the incident, Foster says: “You stand and wait, especially when it’s them, especially when it’s Arsenal.
You know the quality is unreal, right? You’ve just got to wait, wait, wait, and then when you go for it and execute it.
“If you’re not getting your hand on it, you have to get it away from the goal. You can’t just flick it onto the post, you can’t, it’s not good enough. It has to go over or wide. And he didn’t execute it properly. So, he’ll be gutted today. I promise you.”
It’s just another example of Wolves not having the luck break their way this season, but perhaps Johnstone could have done better.
The biggest positive so far about Rob Edwards since he became Wolves manager is _______________
He's not got the results, but there have been some positives…
Still, if that’s the kind of performance that Wolves turn in moving forward, the luck — and more importantly, the results — will eventually come around too.
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