Tolu Arokodare Says Wolves Showed Full Fighting Spirit Despite Defeat to Crystal Palace
Super Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare has insisted that Wolverhampton Wanderers put in a committed performance despite their 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace in Saturday’s Premier League encounter.
The Nigerian striker, who was substituted in the 66th minute for Hwang Hee-Chan, told the club’s website that the team approached the match with the right mentality and worked tirelessly throughout.
“We showed a lot of energy, a lot of fighting spirit, and that’s what we focused on from the start of the week. The trainings were very intensive, and we had good spirits, and we came to this game with good spirits."
Arokodare also expressed that Palace’s opening goal came down to misfortune rather than defensive errors.
“I don’t think it really went wrong anywhere until the goal. You cannot say it was bad defending or anything, we were just unlucky with the deflection. But luckily for them, they had a player to put it in the back of the net.”
Despite going two goals down, he felt Wolves maintained their style and continued to push for a response.
“But I thought we did pretty good the whole game, from the start to the end. Even after going two goals down, we still tried to play our football, but we didn’t get the result.”
Oyebade Oluwafemi
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors
