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Wolves boss Nuno proud of his players for Arsenal draw

Wolves boss Nuno was proud of his players for their 1-1 draw at Arsenal.

Ivan Cavaleiro had the visitors ahead at the Emirates and, even after Henrikh Mkhitaryan's equaliser, Wolves came within a whisker of claiming maximum points when Morgan Gibbs-White struck the crossbar.

“Coming to the Emirates and playing the way we played, I feel we should be proud," he said. “It's a good point, but of course we could have won. We were organised, solid and brave to put our barriers in front of the ball.

Arsenal are a very good team. We blocked them, we had a lot of balance and cover, and didn't allow them to play so great credit to the boys. When we had the ball we were threatening and created chances.

“The way we managed possession and created so many chances, against a very good team in a difficult stadium, is a credit to our players. It was an improvement from last Saturday so let's work hard over the internationals and try to do better."

Helder Costa, Diogo Jota and Adama Traore all could have netted for Wolves before Gibbs-White hit the woodwork, and Nuno believes his side could have claimed all three points had more time remained following the equaliser.

“Sometimes you are clinical and do it, sometimes not. The defensive organisation is why we stayed in the game until the end. Even after Arsenal scored, it was us who had the chances, we were asking for more time from the referee.

“I think if we'd had more time we could have had another chance and maybe be more lucky. Well done to the boys and our fans, coming here and performing the way we did should make them proud."

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