CM Story - The Story of Josh McEwen

Wolves (4-3-3): Agirrezabala, Kabore, Goes, Krejci, Wolfe, Florentino, Toth, Gomes, Esse, Arokodare, George 

Subs: Johnstone, Garcia, Mosquera, Agbadou, Ward-Prowse, Hwang Hee Chan, Doyle, Arias, Larsen 

Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): Sels, Aina, Murillo, Carmo, Wiliams, Dominquez, Sangare, Bakwa, Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Wood 

Subs: Malagon, Milenkovic, Anderson, Igor Jesus, Morato, Baleba, Kalimuendo, Hudson-Odoi, Cunha 

 Q: Josh another man of the match and another clean sheet for Julen Agirrezabala. How important has he been to your teams early success this season? 

Josh McEwen “I run out of words for this guy, not just as a keeper but as a person as a leader he commands his defence and he has been unbelievable since he came in. I thought the first half we played very well he had nothing to do but in the second half Nottingham Forest really put the pressure on us and he made four world class saves and then at the end Hwang (Hee Chan) has again come off the bench and has scored a superb goal to wrap up the three points.” 

Q: Sean quite remarkably you have come out of that game with no points. What are your thoughts on that game? 

Sean Dyche “I can’t believe we haven’t scored honestly we have absolutely dominated them in that second half and it was like they had a brick wall in goal for them it was unbelievable some of the saves he was making. I don’t know what I can say to my lads honestly not only have we not won but we’ve lost 2-0. The first half was pretty even not a lot of chances created but we were unlucky that we went in 1-0 down second half we battled and we played some great football but their keeper was outstanding and then against the run of play they’ve gone down the other end and nicked another one. If you didn’t watch the game you’d have thought it was a routine win for them when it was anything but.” 

Arsenal (4-3-3): Kepa, Laimer (Off 82), Gabriel, Saliba, Pienczak, Rice, Odegaard, Merino, Saka, Gyokeres, Martinelli 

Subs: Norgaard, Mosquera, Zubimendi, Jesus, Zinchenko, Eze, Madueke (On 82), Trossard, Kiwior 

Wolves (4-3-3): Agirrezabala, Garcia, Goes, Krejci, Wolfe, Florentino, Toth (Off 82), Ward-Prowse (Off 82), Arias, Arokodare, Hwang Hee Chan (Off 82) 

Subs: Johnstone, Kabore, Agbadou, Hackney (On 82), Gomes, George (On 82), Doyle (On 82), Esse, Larsen 

Q: Antonio a bad day at the office. How much do you think you missed David Raya? 

Antonio Conte “I think we miss him a little bit but I don’t think it is fair to only blame Kepa for this defeat, he made some great saves in the game and it could have been worse without him. Today was terrible I can only say sorry to our fans, we knew it would be a tough game Wolves played little bit different to normal they went very direct but that isn’t an excuse for our performance we should have adapted to how direct they were and we couldn’t cope with it.” 

Q: Josh what a result for your team a hat trick for Hwang Hee Chan and your fans were singing we’re top of the league how pleased are you with that result? 

Josh McEwen “Wow what a performance from the lads today, Hwang (Hee Chan) three goals and two assists absolutely unreal although you can’t really call his assist for Florentino what a strike into the top corner that was but I thought he was amazing he has deserved this chance with Ty (George) playing so well he has bided his time come off the bench made an impact remained patient and today he stats and he plays like prime Messi it truly was a special performance. Our fans deserve this they had a tough season last season but now we have started well.” 

Wolves (4-3-3): Johnstone, Kabore, Mosquera, Agbadou, Wolfe, Gomes, Hackney (Off 77), Doyle, Esse (Off 77), Larsen, George 

Subs: Agirrezabala, Garcia, Krejci, Goes, Florentino (On 77), Toth, Ward-Prowse, Arias (On 77), Arokodare 

Doncaster Rovers (4-2-3-1): Oram, Sterry, Pearson, McGrath, Senior, Bailey, Broadbent (Off 84), Molyneux, Gibson (Off 84), Clifton (Off 55), Hanlan 

Subs: Faulkner, Nixon, Middleton (On 84), Ankrah, Maxwell, Gotts (On 55), Bray, Sbarra (On 84), Grehan 

Q: Josh a ruthless performance what are your thoughts on the game 

Josh McEwen “I am fuming with Strand (Larsen) and Tyrique (George) I’m going home with a headache now for the weekend. No in all seriousness absolutely unreal especially from them two four goals and three assists is sensational and Ty seeing Hwang (Hee Chan) score a hat trick he responded with one of his own it is the sort of competition that keeps me awake at night and I love it. We’ve got a good squad here I’ve said it all season not just a good eleven players the whole team we have created is amazing and I couldn’t be happier right now.” 

Q: Tommy an extraordinary game. Your team have obviously taken a beating how are you feeling? 

Tommy Grady “I firstly want to apologise to our fans because that out that was not good enough. I know we were playing a Premier League team but you can’t go to a Premier League ground and concede nine goals it just isn’t good enough. We had a plan for the game and the main part was to keep it tight when your 4-0 down at half time you have to have some pride I said that to them the lads then went and shipped another five I don’t care about the two we scored it was stupid to be so open against them and they well and truly punished us it isn’t fair on our fans.” 

Wolves (4-3-3): Agirrezabala, Garcia, Goes, Krejci, Wolfe, Florentino, Toth (Off 64), Gomes (Off 64), Esse (Off 64), Arokodare (Off 76), Hwang Hee Chan (Off 64) 

Subs: Johnstone, Kabore, Agbadou, Mosquera, George (On 64), Hackney (On 64), Ward-Prowse (On 64), Arias (On 64), Larsen (On 76) 

Tottenham Hotspur (4-2-3-1): Vicario, Spence, Romero, Danso, Brown, Gray, Bissouma (Off 64), Simons (Off 76), Kudus, Solanke, Vega (Off 55) 

Subs: Kinsky, Dragusin, Kulusevski (On 76), Tel, Vuskovic, Maddison, Richarlison (On 55), Bergvall (On 64), Takai 

Q: Josh a first defeat of the season ending your perfect run. What are your thoughts on the game? 

Josh McEwen “We are disappointed because we don’t feel we deserved to lose the game. We are not happy with the way the game was officiated and we will write to the fa because it was a game where if we tackled hard they would get a freekick but when they did the same to us the referee waved the game off I spoke with the ref at the end and he said he wanted to let the game flow but I said you were only letting it flow one way so he booked me which if you look at the game I think was fair but we don’t blame this on the loss we had chances to score and we just didn’t take enough of them.” 

Q: Mikel you keep your 100% record against Josh McEwen intact. What are your thoughts on todays game 

Mikel Arteta “I thought we were superb today, we went a goal down but the character we showed to bounce back we have seen other teams crumble in them situations but we bounced back deserved to equalise then scored another goal soon after before scoring a blatent penalty before half time. Second half they put a bit of pressure on us but we defended well and I thought we deserved to win the game.”