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Burnley 1 Wolves 1 - Liam Keen and Nathan Judah analysis

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00:10 >> Hello, I'm Nathan Judime here with Wolves of Porter.

00:11 It is Mr. Liam Keane.

00:12 Liam from Turf Moor.

00:14 Final score, Burnley 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.

00:17 On the balance of play, you said that was a pretty fair result.

00:22 >> Yeah, probably just about.

00:24 Not the prettiest of games.

00:25 >> No. >> Two sides who,

00:26 I think you tweeted at one point, said either side could concede here,

00:29 rather than either side could score, which I think was the right way to phrase it.

00:32 >> Correct, yeah.

00:34 >> There wasn't a lot of quality in the game.

00:35 >> No. >> But there was a lot of hairy moments.

00:37 There was a lot of moments where you thought, yeah, this wasn't, you know.

00:40 Whether it's- >> Heart in mouth.

00:41 >> Yeah, heart in mouth moments.

00:43 And it wasn't a vintage performance from Wolves by any means.

00:46 >> No. >> But they had good moments within it.

00:47 The frustrating thing in the first half is that Wolves had probably a ten,

00:50 15 minute foul where they were totally in control.

00:53 Dominating possession, creating good chances, and

00:55 didn't get anywhere near taking any of those chances.

00:57 And that's when you have to capitalize.

00:59 And then on 37th minute, Burley scored.

01:01 And then at that point you think, right, Wolves have thrown their opportunity

01:05 when they were in the ascendancy.

01:06 It's a really well taken goal from Larsen for Burley, but

01:10 absolutely awful defending from Wolves point of view.

01:13 One Daro Shea cross field ball,

01:15 Samedo completely loses Larsen at the back post.

01:19 Somebody who's been so consistent this season in Samedo.

01:21 But back to bad habits there in defending the back post,

01:24 what we've seen in the Wolves' shirt before.

01:26 And really fought to allow them to score.

01:29 And Wolves were fortunate, albeit a really good moment of quality,

01:32 to get back in before halftime.

01:34 >> Yeah, look, I mean, Pablo Sarabia, I thought, again,

01:36 was a bit of a passenger today.

01:37 >> Absolutely. >> Overall.

01:38 >> Yeah. >> And obviously got taken off in

01:39 the second half.

01:40 But it was his ball, and Ryan Anoe, whose header was brilliantly placed,

01:44 wasn't it?

01:44 >> Yeah, look, Sarabia's been really frustrated, I think the last two or

01:47 three games.

01:48 Totally off it.

01:49 Looks isolated, losing the ball every time it gets to him.

01:54 Poor first touches, hitting the first man with crosses and set pieces.

02:00 But then one bit of quality,

02:01 he lifts a lovely free kick in with his left foot.

02:03 And that's what he can do.

02:04 And Anoe's in the right place at the right time.

02:06 It's a cushioned and perfect, accurate header into the far post.

02:10 And Wolves are out of nowhere, really, going in the 45th plus three minutes,

02:14 scoring an equalizer, and going to halftime drawing.

02:16 And then you hope that they can build from that in the second half.

02:19 And yet they had moments again, definitely.

02:21 But they relied on Jose Sartre to get them out of it.

02:23 >> With two or three big saves.

02:25 >> They did, yeah.

02:25 I was gonna say Jose Sartre, I think, on the night,

02:28 was probably the man of the match.

02:29 I thought he made some very important saves.

02:31 And like I say, probably more about the displays,

02:33 that the goalkeeper is probably the man of the match.

02:36 They did have some excellent chances, the Wolves in themselves.

02:39 I mean, look, Jao Gomez had a really good chance with that header.

02:42 I think from Doc's header to Jao Gomez.

02:45 He puts that on target, Wolves go up.

02:47 But we've got to talk about that Raino Nuri chance.

02:49 Because, look, he's been fantastic right at the end.

02:52 I think one of the most important players for Wolves this season.

02:55 He's been superb, obviously scored.

02:58 But we talked about the Asim Vilar chance when he missed that.

03:01 That was a pivotal moment.

03:03 I mean, he literally wandered through the Bergen defence, cut through.

03:07 He could have quite easily squared it.

03:09 But I mean, he could have scored as well.

03:10 And like, you just cannot give the keeper a chance in that situation.

03:14 If you're gonna take the chance to shoot and not square it,

03:18 you've got to score.

03:18 And he didn't.

03:19 And that's a massive moment in this game, unfortunately.

03:21 Yeah, it really is.

03:22 It's obviously one of that sort of right at the beginning of the second half.

03:25 It's a lovely wall from Max Killmann, by the way.

03:27 A really, really intelligent pass.

03:29 Eindhoven sort of bundles his way through, shrugs off a defender.

03:33 And he's thrown gold.

03:34 I've never quite seen someone throw on gold that easily with such a...

03:38 Because there were still a lot of players in the box.

03:39 And yet it just opened like you can see.

03:41 And Burley just switched off completely.

03:43 And he's there with the goal gaping.

03:44 And unfortunately, we didn't have a replay in front of us here.

03:47 But from memory, I think he goes with his left foot.

03:50 And I think if he opens himself up onto his right foot,

03:52 rolls that into the bottom corner, that should be 2-1.

03:54 Or could have laid it off.

03:54 Or laid it... Yeah, exactly.

03:55 And he was 5-6 yards out again with no one else around him.

03:59 And considering, look, Aiton Norris, he just said there at the top of that question,

04:02 been absolutely magnificent for Wolves.

04:04 He's red-hot for them at the moment.

04:05 Three goals and four gains for him now.

04:06 Should have been 4-4 scoring against Villa if he put that chance away.

04:09 And he saved Wolves a point here.

04:13 At the same time, cost them two.

04:16 He's such an important player.

04:17 One of the standouts alongside Sarr, I think, in terms of performance tonight.

04:21 But regardless of how good he's been, you have to put that away.

04:24 And you put that away, that's three points.

04:25 Yeah, 100%.

04:26 And I'm sure he'll know that.

04:27 And Gary O'Neill will know that.

04:29 And the fans definitely know they're quite frustrated.

04:30 I think leaving tonight, I guess the big positive apart from,

04:34 I guess picking up the point and some of the displays out there tonight,

04:36 or at least a couple of them, was the return of Mateus Cunha, who came on.

04:39 I think it was obviously, definitely, 75 minutes.

04:42 It was 15 minutes plus injury and nothing more.

04:45 And we saw him in the 75th minute introduced.

04:47 And you could just tell, look, he came on from a little early on to where we are.

04:50 Very difficult to talk about someone like that,

04:52 because I don't think anyone expected him to be playing senior football at this moment in time.

04:56 Difficult night for him, and you can understand it.

04:59 At the same time, when you have a Brazilian international who comes on for you,

05:03 you could just tell when he was on the pitch, there was a calmness.

05:06 Some of the touches were great.

05:08 There was almost a great chance, I think, where he put through a common who he put through.

05:12 Right, I don't know.

05:14 Was it 8-0 in some Bucatrola?

05:16 Yeah, I think it was.

05:18 But you could just tell the lines that he's running.

05:20 It just gives this team a much-needed boost.

05:23 He's going to be crucial, I think, between now and the end of the season.

05:26 Whether we see more of him from the start against West Ham,

05:29 I think unlikely, because we didn't see half an hour tonight.

05:33 But at the same time, if you can get half an hour West Ham

05:35 and then maybe start against Nottingham Forest,

05:37 that's who we need back on the pitch.

05:38 And hopefully, Wang Yiqian, not too soon after that.

05:41 Yeah, he's definitely creeping up on returning as well.

05:45 He gave the fans a lift once he came on, gave the players a lift.

05:49 Exactly what you just said, to echo what you just said.

05:52 Really intelligent, just lovely awareness, positioning,

05:55 picked the ball up, little flicks around the corner.

05:57 Wasn't incredibly involved in terms of maybe impact on the final third

06:03 or having any shots or anything like that,

06:05 but just those little signs of that quality that was needed.

06:08 And that's what they missed, isn't it?

06:09 To feel back on the pitch, get the grass and feel it.

06:12 The kind of injuries he's had, he needs a little bit of time to have that.

06:15 And we saw that in glimpses.

06:16 So the good side is we saw the player that we know is there

06:20 and we have seen this season.

06:21 We didn't see someone who came on and struggled.

06:23 And that's the good side of it.

06:25 I completely agree with you.

06:26 Probably unlikely to start against West Ham.

06:27 Probably if you can get in 45, half an hour 45,

06:30 depending on how the game goes,

06:33 and then aim to that Forest game for a start.

06:36 It's going to be really important in the running.

06:37 Yeah, which obviously gives you the dilemma,

06:39 who are you going to start up front against West Ham?

06:41 Look, a lot of the fans will leave here tonight and they'll go,

06:45 "Well, OK, you're talking about a decent point or an OK point."

06:47 We've come to 19th place Burnley, the 19th for a reason.

06:50 We should be going to places like this

06:51 if you want European football and winning.

06:53 What would you say to that?

06:55 I would say they've got a point.

06:56 At the same time, it's not an easy...

06:57 They have.

06:58 Yeah.

06:59 It's also not an easy place to come.

07:00 The crowd were up for it tonight.

07:02 Burnley played well in spells,

07:05 but equally struggled with a bit of quality.

07:07 I think that's fair to say.

07:08 They could have edged it, potentially, in terms of performance,

07:11 but I think it was probably about right.

07:12 I think if you're a Burnley fan, you feel slightly frustrated

07:14 that they've come away with a point tonight.

07:16 Yeah, exactly.

07:17 And look, yes, Wolves want to get into Europe and have those ambitions,

07:23 but at the same time, they've got what they've got in terms of squad.

07:26 There's not many players there.

07:27 There's not a lot of depth.

07:29 There's a lot of injuries.

07:31 It's a good point on the balance of where they're at at the moment.

07:35 Is it a good enough point for Europe?

07:38 Heinz will tell us that.

07:40 Possibly not.

07:42 Well, it's probably tomorrow we'll be talking more about this one.

07:44 Final score tonight from Surf Moor.

07:46 It is a Burnley 1, Wolverhampton 1-1.

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