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MNF: Palace & Brighton draw and Coady reveals Wolves' ambitions
16 Dec 2019
Chapter 1: What happened in the Crystal Palace vs. Brighton match?
Brossard, into the danger area, Mopé! There's no stopping this man at the moment! There's Tompkins, let's go for the Zaha. Zaha! Absolutely fantastic from Wilfred Zaha!
didn't score in the Premier League until November. That's 3-5 for him now. He's scored more goals against Brighton now than he has any other club. 11 attempts from Palace in the end. Their first came in the 68th minute of this game. 10 on target for Brighton. That's the highest they've ever had in a Premier League away game. Expected goals. You see how much...
The chances they created were better, almost four times higher than Palace's figure.
Chapter 2: How did Wilfried Zaha's performance impact the game?
That's the highest they've had in a Premier League away game and their possession of 66%, the third highest they've managed in the away game. But they've ended up just with a point because of the Saha's equaliser. And here he is now with Greg Wheeler.
What was the mixture of joy and perhaps relief to battle back for a point there?
Yeah, today is obviously a big game for both of the teams. And I'm just glad we managed to get back in it, really. If you can't win it, don't lose. So, yeah, I'm glad we managed to get that point at least.
And how good is it to see that ball go in?
With your weaker foot, no less. I don't know. I was just so overjoyed. I was just glad I managed to get the goal for the team because we worked so hard. We've got a good run going, so I'm glad we can carry it on.
Up to then, do Brighton deserve credit for limiting the amount of ball that you got, the amount of opportunities that you and your fellow strikers got today?
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Chapter 3: What are Conor Coady's thoughts on Wolves' ambitions?
Yeah, definitely, because we barely had the ball. So even having attacks, we were too tired to even do anything. So props to them, they did their job in the first half, but we had to do some for the second half.
You're no stranger to scoring a goal or two against Brighton, are you? When you look back over them, just how does this compare, perhaps in terms of its importance?
Each goal is massive, really, because this is a big game. So over the time, obviously, there's been more important goals, but I feel like every game, every goal I can get in a game is important, so I'm glad I could get one today.
And do you feel overall that it was a deserved point, the way Palace did battle back in that second half?
Yeah, definitely. We didn't have the best first half because we basically didn't do anything. But second half, I think we pushed on, we pressed them, and I feel like we deserved a point at least.
The main thing was not to lose this one, was it? Particularly with the injuries you've got at the moment.
Yeah, it's been hard with the injuries, but Gaffer's managed to do what he could and we managed to draw the game today.
Well done today.
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Chapter 4: How does Wolves' current performance compare to previous seasons?
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Will relief be the main emotion in that Palace dressing room, do you think? I think so, yeah, I think so. I thought for large spells, Brighton dominated. I think it was the last 20 minutes that Palace actually pushed on. But I thought it was two good teams playing football. I thought we were really impressed with Brighton in terms of how they played.
We mentioned it before the game as well, but I thought two really good goals in the game as well. Will they feel like it's two points dropped then, Brighton, given how much they dominated the first hour of this game? Yeah, I think so. But I think you've got to give... It felt like during the game when we were watching the game that Brighton needed that second goal.
I really did think that because they've got some dangerous players, Crystal Palace, who can hit. You've seen that with the goal. I thought the goal was fantastic from Wilfred Zaha. But like I said, I just felt like during the game it needed that second goal just to try and kill it off, really.
Chapter 5: What challenges is Everton facing with potential manager Carlo Ancelotti?
Well, Neil Mope scored their goal. Also had a big chance to make it 2-0 at one point. He's speaking now with Greg Whelan.
Neil, a point apiece, but are you feeling you should have had all three today?
Yes, definitely. I think we should have won the game. We played better than them. We had chances. We put pressure on them. They were a bit struggling. They scored a nice goal, though, but it's a bit disappointing in the end to only have got a point tonight.
The importance of that goal you scored out there today occurred to you when you went over and ran towards the fans? A goal against Palace here? Yes, exactly.
I know it means a lot to the fans and to me as well, so I was really happy to score the goal in front of our fans, but unfortunately it's not enough to get all the three points tonight.
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Chapter 6: What insights does Coady provide about Wolves' playing style?
That's 3-3 for you now in the Premier League, isn't it? Was that the finish out there of a player playing with quite a bit of confidence?
Yes, definitely. As a striker, when you score goals, it's always easier to go out there and play. I'm in good shape at the moment. I'm working hard for the team. I'm scoring goals, so it's good, but the next step is scoring goals and getting more wins.
You say your performance tonight deserved all three points. It's a very easy-on-the-style, very possession-based style that Brighton are playing this season. How enjoyable is it to be a part of it?
a lot, especially for me because I'm the striker. So my team have the ball and it makes it easier for me. And I mean, I think especially in the first half, We took the ball away from them. We have possession, we have chances, we had a lot of movements.
Chapter 7: How does Conor Coady view his role as a captain in the Premier League?
So it's really enjoyable for us to play like that. And like I said before, the next step for us is play well like we are doing at the moment and get more wins. Neil, well done today. Thank you very much.
Really good goal he scored tonight. What did you like about it, Connor? I told you, we spoke about him quite a lot this evening in terms of his movements and how they worked it. But if you look at how they actually worked as well, from side to side, they tried to open Palace. We spoke about it where Palace have come second half to be quite narrow to try and stop them playing.
But with Bissouma again... getting on the ball, and it's a fantastic switch of play, it really, really is.
It's brilliant just to open it up, because like I said, they were very narrow, and then the cross comes in it, and it takes a slight deflection there off Gross, but like I said, we spoke about when he comes off defenders, we've seen it when he scored against Arsenal, where he actually comes off David Luiz to score his header.
So how are you able to gain so much space as a striker, just making that one or two-yard movement? I think it's just being intelligent, being clever, and that's what he is, and he's been like that for years now. You see now, look, and he just stops his run just to know where the ball's going, because as a centre-half, you want to drop back in there in case that ball comes across.
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Chapter 8: What are the expectations for Wolves in the Europa League?
So you're instinctive as a defender is always to go back towards your own goal? Oh, 100%. 100%. I think, obviously, not too far, but I think also to stop the ball coming across in front of you.
What you're speaking about there, would that be something you'd think of yourself watching, or would that have come up in maybe a team meeting from the manager? You know, you've got three centre-backs in your team. Would that have been mentioned when crosses are coming into the box against him?
Yeah, 100%, but the problem with it is you don't want to drop yourself in too deep, but as a defender, your first instinct...
is to drop in and try and stop that ball going in between you because you always say that corridor of uncertainty if that ball comes in between you and the keeper it's always tough so i can i can see where crystal palace defenders are coming from but you still want to be close but he's an intelligent player i think the touch is fantastic in the finish to put in the top corner his left foot was superb unstoppable and then four minutes later uh he's presented with a chance i'm not sure if he was surprised when it fell so close
to the goalkeeper in some ways was it an easier chance? Yeah, and you know what, listen, you can't criticise him because he's been brilliant again tonight, but it's one of them that comes down, it's just, it's an instinct type shot, isn't it?
It's a brilliant corner, I don't think, I think it was a proper, was it, who flicked it to the back post, I think that's been set up for him to sort of maybe try and get a header at the back post, header in, he's almost scored himself and then he gets the rebound, but that probably sun brightened up at times, they were so inventive, so clever with the ball and they will feel really hard done by.
credit the goalkeeper for being in the right place at the right time. You said something had to change. They made a change in personnel at half-time, Jamie, but what did they change in terms of their approach in the second half?
Well, they had to stop something. I said at half-time, it almost felt like the Palace players didn't know who was picking players up. Those players popping up in different positions. We mentioned at half-time, they're almost box midfield like Brighton had. It was just interesting and something I don't normally associate with Roy Hodgson.
He normally sticks with the tried and trusted of what he's got. But what he did second half was... Just show it here now. These were Palace's two wide players, Zaha and Ayew. They almost man-marked the two central midfield players of Brighton to stop them dictating the game, really. And what it did was it left the wide areas really open. We see Montoya here, just below us here, the space.
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