Mario Lemina was proud of Wolves’ performance at Arsenal, after captaining the club for the first time.
The midfielder led Wolves out at the Emirates ahead of a performance full of effort and endeavour, sticking to the pre-season plans of Gary O’Neil, but it wasn’t enough against last season’s runners up. Lemina was impressed with performance nonetheless, including from debutants Rodrigo Gomes and Jorgen Strand Larsen, who he believes will only improve in the coming weeks.
On a performance to be pleased with
“We knew it was going to be a really hard game. They're one of the best teams in the world right now. They're doing really well and I think we had the opportunity to make the games harder for them.
“We recovered some balls in their half, but we didn't create as we wanted. I'm really happy with our performance, we deserved a little bit more. We have to be honest, Raya has made, like, a lot of good saves. Well done today. I'm really proud of my guys.”
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On lacking luck in the final third
“Sometimes you get this luck which will bring you back in the game. We didn't and Raya has made like crazy saves. I'm really proud of what we have done so far, and we're going to learn from it, work on our mistakes, and we’ll be better the next game.”
On learning from mistakes
“There were some mistakes that we have to work on, that's our DNA. We want to play this kind of game, and we're going to work on it. We know so far our mistakes, and we're going to be better for the next game I'll say.”
On debuts for Gomes and Strand Larsen
“They're really strong players and that's what we were missing last year. They're really good. They want to work with us. They're going be better for the next games. We trust in them. they're really good, and I'm proud so far. “
