Wolves boss Gary O’Neill provides start injury update after Liverpool defeat
Alfie Pond could be deputising in the next Wolves match away to Brentford
Wolves are sweating on another injury to another defender.
Manager Gary O’Neil confirmed Santiago Bueno suffered an injury to his glute and asked to come off in the latter stages of their defeat to Liverpool on Saturday.
It is the last thing they need after a season-ending injury to Yerson Mosquera and Craig Dawson currently unavailable after the sale of
Max Kilman when clean sheets and points are at a premium with them sitting bottom of the Premier League table. It could mean young Alfie Pond deputising in their next match away to Brentford.
O’Neil added that he did not know how serious it was yet, saying: “Santi’s got something in his glute. I don’t know what. We had to take Santi off. He was asking to come off.
“If we weren’t losing and chasing, maybe Alfie Pond would have got his Premier League debut. But obviously Mario (Lemina) can play in the backline, and it gave us Tommy (Doyle), who could maybe find some passes.
“Santi was injured, so let’s hope that he’s ok because we don’t need another injury in the back line at the moment.”
Another defeat continued a shaky start to the season but the manager insisted everyone is giving it their all and will continue to do so: “I can guarantee you everyone inside that changing room, including myself, is giving absolutely everything and doing the best they possibly can.
“That will always be the case. We lost two centre backs this week, one for a whole season and our experienced one.
“Toti has rushed back a week early and we’ve just gone toe to toe with Liverpool and didn’t quite do enough.
“I am disappointed that we couldn’t give the fans a result to go with it, because they deserve a result with the way that they’ve stuck with the lads. I don’t think you’ll find many teams that are on one point from six games and get that sort of reception at the end.
“It shows the level of understanding from the supporters, the connection with the players and what they give and keep working and we’re going to be just fine. We just need to find a way to get that first win on the board, and then we’ll be able to push off.”
