Wolves setback hard to take for manager

Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo could feel hard done by after Chris Wood’s stoppagetime penalty hurt his side’s Champions League hopes in a 1-1 draw at Burnley.

Raul Jimenez’s 75th-minute strike had Wolves on course to keep the pressure on Manchester United and Leicester above them in the scramble for European places, but moments after missing a sitter for Burnley, Wood scored from the spot to earn a point.

“Every goal you concede is hard to take and if it is in the final moments it is even harder,” said Nuno, whose side now need to make sure they do not let slip a Europa League place with Tottenham and Sheffield United close behind them.

“I think we played good, we were well organised on the pitch and it was a good game. The team were always in control, we managed the game well. You try to prepare good but after that sometimes justice in the game doesn’t exist.

“But this is not the point of football. The point of football is to compete, play well, and the boys did this today.”

Nuno said he had not seen the incident which led to the penalty, which came amid a frantic five minutes of time added on.

Wood, having inexplicably headed wide of an open goal seconds earlier, went for an ambitious overhead kick in the fourth minute of time added on, but as he missed the ball it struck the arm of Wolves substitute Matt Doherty. Mike Dean pointed to the spot, and after a lengthy VAR check, Wood fired into the corner of the net.