The old gold came from behind to earn a point thanks to a Ruben Neves cracker in west London – a piece of quality which came amidst a highly-competitive Premier League clash. Davis watched his side compete in their own box, handling Brentford’s set pieces, and show quality at the other end to earn a point, and now has set the target of carrying the confidence gained into a Molineux triple header before the World Cup break.
On battling for the point
“I think we needed it. It’s important we showed that we were up for a fight, even at this stage of the season, that we were prepared to come to these sorts of places and fight and battle for something out of it. I was really pleased with that aspect of our game today.
“In both boxes we were a threat. We defended well, there was a lot of set plays and things coming into our box, a lot of long throws, and you’ve got to deal with that, you’ve got to put your body there, pick second balls up and I thought we did it well.
“We needed a reaction [to Leicester]. They obviously came off the same result, so both teams probably wanted a bit more out of the game, but I think we deserved what we got in the end. They did what we asked them to before the game, to battle, compete and go into it with a strong mentality.”
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On the balance between defence and attack
“We attacked the box well last week but didn’t defend it well. Today, we attacked and defended both boxes very well. I would have liked a few more goals, but we know what we’ve got to improve on.
“We showed we’re battling away. We know the quality’s there, but the mentality has to change, and everybody will have seen signs of that today. It was massive to give us a bit of confidence, on the back of the home defeat.”
On a fine Neves goal
“I’ve seen him do that in training many times and in games. The ball got played across, I thought we’d blocked it off a bit, ‘Boub’ stepped over it and he knew what he was doing – he’s been in that situation many times, when it comes across the box he knows exactly where he’s going with it, and it’s a sublime finish.
“It was important straight after the goal. You could feel the stadium rocking after the goal, so to hit back quickly was good. We kept them quiet and had a couple of decent periods after that.
“We’re disappointed with how we defended the set play, we didn’t quite switch on early enough to block the cross, and he’s got free in the box, so we’re disappointed with that. To reply quickly, it went back in our favour for five or ten minutes.”
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On Costa’s red card
“I haven’t really watched it. Obviously, we had a discussion and Diego has apologised. Something’s happened. We’ll have to look at that this week to see what we do at the weekend. He’ll be missing the three games before the World Cup, but it gives other players opportunities, they’ve been waiting and are ready to come on, so we’ll see what happens.
“He’s an unbelievable competitor and players like that play on the edge, so you have to go with that. That’s how they get the best out of themselves. Maybe of this occasion something has occurred, but he has to play on the edge to be the player he is, so you have to accept sometimes that he might get that wrong.”
