CM Story - The Story of Josh McEwen

Wolves (4-3-3 Defend): Johnstone, Tchatchoua, Agbadou, Krejci, Bueno, Gomes, Andre, Jashari, Arias, Arokodare, Esse 

Subs: Sa, Goes, Toth, Wolfe, Doherty, Garcia, Hwang Hee Chan, Mane, Larsen 

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sanchez, James, Chalobah, Badiashile, Cucurella, Caicedo, Santos (Off 65), Estevao, Neto (Off 58), Palmer, Griezmann (Off 73) 

Subs: Jorgensen, Gusto, Alvarado, Delap (On 73), Hato, Essugo, Joao Pedro (On 58), Lavia (On 65), Adarabioyo 

Q: Josh a first league defeat, what did you make of todays game? 

Josh McEwen: “I thought Chelsea played very well, we maybe weren’t at our best I don’t know why but we just didn’t move the ball as well as I know we can but credit to Chelsea they put in a really strong performance and deserved their win. We got off to a sloppy start and I don’t think we ever really recovered from that I thought both their goals should probably have been kept out particularly the first where Sam (Johnstone) got his hand to it but hes pushed in in off the post and on another day we probably have the luck and it bounces out but we were beaten by the better team.” 

Q: Enzo a dominant performance from your side against a team who have been in superb home form. How happy are you with that win? 

Enzo Maresca: “I am delighted to win the game against a team who we have drawn two games with already this season. I think we deserved to score more goals we hit the post and had two cleared off the line and then there keeper made a couple of good saves but the important thing was to come here play a good game and pick up the points because a lot of teams have lost here recently so we take the three points closer to the Champions League places and move onto our next game against Leeds.” 

Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): Sels, Aina, Murillo, Milenkovic, Williams, Baleba, Dominquez, Hutchinson )Off 65), Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Wood 

Subs: Gunn, Cunha, Hudson-Odoi (On 65), Kalimuendo, Zinchenko, Douglas Luiz, Igor Jesus, Yates, Morato 

Wolves (4-3-3): Sa, Garcia, Goes, Krejci, Bueno (Off 79), Gomes, Jashari, Toth (Off 65), Arias (Off 79), Arokodare, (Off 65) George (Off 65) 

Subs: Johnstone, Agbadou, Andre (On 65), Wolfe (On 79), Doherty, Tchatchoua, Hwang Hee Chan (On 65), Esse (On 79), Larsen (On 65) 

Q: Sean a 0-0 draw but certainly not a boring game, what are your thoughts on the match? 

Sean Dyche: “Yeah I thought it was actually a good game of football between two sides that wanted to win. I thought we had the better chances we hit the post and forced Jose (Sa) into a few decent saves but at the same time Sels has made two or three top saves so I think Josh (McEwen) would agree that a draw is a fair result given the way the game played out. Their a tough team for anyone you’ve seen how they have been playing and you know they will create chances but I thought we coped well and just unfortunate not to get that decisive goal.” 

Q: Josh, Sean Dyche said he thinks a draw is a fair result on the balance of play do you agree with that? 

Josh McEwen: ”Yeah he’s probably right, I thought we had the better chances you know Tyrique’s (George) header and Tulu (Arokodare) should probably have converted them chances but they have a top keeper whose kept them out and they’ve obviously hit the post so it wasn’t a game wither side dominated. I thought both sides played some excellent football the first thirty minutes I thought the way we moved the ball was exceptional but they kept going grew into the game and as Sean says a draw on reflection is the fair result.” 

Crystal Palace (5-2-3): Henderson, Munoz, Mancini, Guehi, Lacroix, Mitchell (Off 86), Wharton, Kamada, Sarr, Nketiah, (Off 65) Maeda 

Subs: Benitez, Richards, Pino (On 86), Uche (On 65), Riad, Doucoure, Devenny, Hughes, Clyne 

Wolves (4-3-3): Johnstone, Garcia, Goes, Krejci, Bueno (Off 72), Gomes, Jashari, Toth (Off 65), Esse (Off 65), Arokodare (Off 84), George (Off 65) 

Subs: Sa, Agbadou, Andre (On 65), Wolfe (On 72), Doherty, Tchatchoua, Hwang Hee Chan (On 84), Arias (On 65), Larsen (On 65) 

Q: Oliver 3-0 up after twenty minute how have your side lost that game? 

Oliver Glasner: “We threw the game away, for twenty minutes we played as well as we have played all season even at 3-0 up we had a chance to score and then out of no where Wolves scored two quick goals and we seemed to panic and let them back into the match. The second half I thought we came out looked good and assured I thought we looked most likely to score and then we got hit on a counter attack and they equalised and then you could see how they pushed really hard they started to press more aggressively we tried to take advantage and then they played a long ball over the top that caught us out because all game they kept the ball down and they scored the winner. I am furious you can’t throw this game away like we did.” 

Q: Josh your first away win, you made it difficult for yourselves didn’t you? 

Josh McEwen: “Yeah that's an understatement, to be honest the conditions I’m surprised it was on with the amount of snow on the pitch and it took us a while to adapt to the conditions but if I’m being honest we didn’t move the ball as well as I would have liked we gave it away in poor areas and caused a lot of our own problems, but we showed character we fought hard to get back into the game and we’ve gone to one of the toughest grounds you can go to and we’ve gone 3-0 down and come back to win 4-3. I really hope this can be the springboard now that sees us stay out of the relegation zone and start looking up the table.” 

Wolves (4-3-3): Johnstone, Garcia, Goes, Agbadou, Bueno (Off 80), Gomes, Jashari, Andre, Esse, Arokodare (Off 80), Larsen 

Subs: Sa, Krejci, Toth, Wolfe (On 85), Doherty, Tchatchoua, Hwang Hee Chan (On 80), Arias, George 

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Martinez, Di Lorenzo, Torres, Mings, Digne (Off 68), Kamara, Onana, McGinn (Off 65), Sancho, Rogers, Watkins 

Subs: Pickford, Cash, Elliott, Depay, Garcia, Malen, Burrowes, Guessand (On 65), Maatsen (On 68) 

Q: Josh a poor result, you again left Jose Sa out despite a clean sheet in his last game e is there any reason for that and what did you make of today’s game? 

Josh McEwen: “Jose (Sa) has told us he wants to leave in the summer so we have decided Sam (Johnstone) will be our number one for the rest of the season, I don’t think Sam can take the blame for that result he made some good saves it was just one of them games where a few of our lads had really poor games and Ollie (Watkins) has punished us for that we were well beaten and we just have to brush ourselves off and concentrate on the next game. I think we are conceding to many goals at the moment but we have shown this season how well we can bounce back.” 

Q: Unai a superb result for your team particularly Ollie Watkins how pleased are you with that result? 

Unai Emery: Good evening, I am very happy with the performance of my team as a whole we dominated the game and when we had chances we were clinical in front of goal. We know we need to score more goals to help us qualify for the Champions league and the ruthlessness we showed today is the exact type of performance that is required to fire us into the Champions league places we must keep this sort of performance coming and if we do that we will be back in the Champions league next season.