Liam Keen's Wolves player ratings v Arsenal as one gets 4/10

Following the opening day loss to Arsenal, Liam Keen rates the Wolves players on their performance.

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Jose Sa - 4

The goalkeeper will be disappointed with his distribution and his hand in both goals, on a bad start at the Emirates.

Matt Doherty - 7

One of Wolves’ best players on the day, Doherty was defensively solid and also became a key component in most of Wolves’ attacks.

Yerson Mosquera - 6

On his Premier League debut, Mosquera did relatively well with plenty of strong tackles, but he was taking a lot of risks. Some of his off the ball antics were unwise.

Toti Gomes - 5

A really poor first half from Toti, which was full of mistakes, was followed up by a much stronger second half.

Rayan Ait-Nouri - 6

The defender was quiet until he came into his own in the second half and took the game by the scruff of the neck with a lot of attacking involvement.

Mario Lemina - 6

A hard-working performance from the skipper who put in a lot of effort and was unfortunate with some fouls given against him.

Joao Gomes - 6

After his early booking, Gomes handled himself well in difficult circumstances.

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde - 5

Bellegarde picked up some good positions in the number 10 role but was slightly frustrating with the number of times he gave the ball away.

Hwang Hee-chan - 7

Playing on the right, Hwang created the best first half chance and was heavily involved in most attacks in the second half.

Rodrigo Gomes - 6

Gomes had a much better second half and linked-up nicely with Ait-Nouri. There is more to come.

Jorgen Strand Larsen - 6

The new striker had one big chance saved, but he did will with the header. He could have done better at holding the ball up but he is a threat.

Substitutes

Matheus Cunha (for Bellegarde, 57), 7, Daniel Podence (for R.Gomes, 74), 6, Craig Dawson (for Ait-Nouri, 84), Pablo Sarabia (for J.Gomes, 84), Chiquinho (for Larsen, 84).

Subs not used: Bentley, Bueno, Doyle, Guedes.

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