CM Story - The Story of Josh McEwen

Fulham (4-2-3-1): Rulli, Castagne, Bassey, Andersen, Calafiori, Lukic, Bucha, Wilson (Off 66), Iwobi, Smith Rowe, Ayoze 

Subs: Leno, Sessegnon, Bellegarde, Jimenez, Tete, Traore (On 66), Harris, King, Diop 

Wolves (4-3-3): Agirrezabala, Garcia, Goes, Krejci, Wolfe, Florentino, Toth (Off 66), Gomes (Off 66), Esse (Off 66), Larsen, George (Off 66) 

Subs: Johnstone, Kabore, Mosquera, Agbadou, Hwang Hee Chan (On 66), Doyle, Ward-Prowse (On 66), Arias (On 66), Hackney (On 66) 

Q: Marco a disappointing performance and result today. What do you think went wrong? 

Marco Silva “I don’t think the performance was that bad, we created opportunities but we weren’t efficient enough and when you aren’t efficient against this team you can be punished as we were. There wasn’t a lot in the game the scoreline flatters them a lot they scored a goal and then hit us on the counter twice when we needed to overload to try and get back into the game but we lose and we have to now bounce back.” 

Q: Josh how good were your subs today specifically Hwang Hee Chan scoring another two goals? 

Josh McEwen “I thought all the players played well today, Fulham have got off to a great start and to come here and score three goals shows the quality we have throughout the team. Hwang coming off the bench we know how much quality he has but also Tyrique (George) created a lot of chances Romain (Esse) had a huge chance in the first half thanks to him we have so much competition throughout the team that we rotate the midfield and frontline a lot but coming off the bench is just as important as starting the game and today all the subs made a massive difference with their energy and directness.” 

Wolves (4-3-3): Agirrezabala, Kabore, Goes, Krejci, Wolfe (Off 76), Florentino, Toth (Off 69), Gomes (Off 69), Esse (Off 69), Larsen, Hwang Hee Chan (Off 69) 

Subs: Johnstone, Garcia, Bueno (On 76), Agbadou, George (On 69), Doyle (On 69), Ward-Prowse (On 69), Arias (On 69), Hackney 

Ipswich Town (4-2-3-1): Andrew, Johnson, Greaves, O’Shea, Davis, Matusiwa, Taylor (Off 81), Egeli (Off 76), Philogene, Humphreys (On 69), Abraham 

Subs: Muric, Baggott, Clarke (Off 69), Hirst, Townsend, Nunez (On 81), Al Hamadi, Ogbene (On 76), Furlong 

Q: Josh not the routine win many expected. What are your thoughts on the game? 

Josh McEwen “I thought that Ipswich came and they set up superbly to be honest with you and made things really hard for us but again we have shown our strength in depth and two subs have come off the bench to combine for the goal. Arias is so dangerous his pace and directness and the cut back for the goal he made it easy for Tommy (Doyle) and we’ve managed to get all three points when it was looking like being one of them afternoons.” 

Q: Brian your team battled hard today how much does it hurt conceding with just ten minutes left? 

Brian **bleep**an “We worked so hard and to concede so late hurts but we are frustrated with the officiating today I don’t understand how Wolves still had eleven men. Tammy (Abraham) Is through on goal and Kabore brings him down and the referee only gives a yellow card it is a shocking decision that has cost us points. We are a team fighting to survive in this league and a point away at Molineux would do wonders for our confidence and we feel like we have been robbed of it.” 

Chelsea (4-2-1-3): Jorgensen, Gusto, Chalobah, Sarr (Off 62), Hato, Caicedo, Fernandez, Palmer, Neto, Delap (Off 69), Gittens (Off 87) 

Subs: Penders, Colwill (On 62), Santos, Griezmann, Badiashile, Estevao (On 87), Joao Pedro (On 69), Alvarado, Anselmino 

Wolves (4-3-3): Agirrezabala, Garcia, Goes, Krejci, Wolfe, Florentino, Toth (Off 69), Doyle (Off 69), Arias, Larsen (Off 61), George (Off 69) 

Subs: Johnstone, Kabore, Bueno, Agbadou, Hwang Hee Chan (On 69), Gomes (On 69), Hackney (On 69), Esse, Arokodare (On 61) 

Q: Patrick a totally dominate display from your team how was it only 1-0? 

Patrick Veira “Because they have a fantastic goalkeeper. We created so many chances we flew out the blocks at them and on anothr day I think we could have scored four or five we were that good. Wolves are a good team so even when we were creating the chances there was that worry they could break on us but it never looked like materialising because of how good we’ve played today both going forwards and defensively.” 

Q: Josh a poor result and then to see Larsen stretchered off how disappointing an afternoon has it been? 

Josh McEwen “It wasn’t a good afternoon for us. Jacob (Larsen) breaking his elbow and obviously the performance was no where near the level that we expect. Chelsea are a good team and we know how good they are at Stamford Bridge and we just weren’t at our usual level today we were well beaten and are luck that Julen (Agirrezabala) was in such good form to keep us in the game.”