Super Eagles and Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Tolu Arokodare is hopeful his side can come out victorious in their EFL Cup tie against Chelsea, Soccerent.ng reports.
The 24-year-old has struggled for minutes since moving to the Molineux during the summer transfer window. He scored his first goal for Wolves in the previous round against Everton, but that’s all he’s been able to do so far.
Wolves have been in poor form this season and are without a win in their last four games. While Tolu describes his team as unlucky, he’s hungry to get one against the Blues tonight.
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Arokodare eyes victory against Chelsea
“Obviously, it’s not going to be an easy game because of the team and the stage we are in the tournament, and also because of our previous results in the league, but so far in the Carabao Cup, we’ve been doing pretty good, and we’re going to try to continue that,” the former Genk man said in quotes revealed by Wolves official website.
“It is nice to take our minds off the Premier League a little bit and focus on something else, but it’s still football, and we’re going to try to do what we’ve been doing so far in the tournament, and that’s winning.
“It’s a home game, and hopefully our fans are going to be behind us, as they’ve been throughout the whole season, and we’re going to come out with the win.
“We’ve been very unlucky in the last minutes of the league, but in the Carabao Cup, hopefully we can keep getting the wins and keep progressing into the next rounds.
“Everyone sees that we’re fighting until the end, and at the end, we’re getting unlucky. I know it must be frustrating for the fans, not at least getting three points.
“We know it’s not easy, and it’s very frustrating for us because it affects our confidence, it affects how we go into the next game.
“We’re trying to be strong, trying to stay together as a team, because that’s the only thing we can do now, stay together, help each other and continue fighting, because we can’t give up now, the season is still long, the league is still very open.”
“I’m very hungry. Obviously, it’s not easy. Being on the pitch, you have to deserve it. You have to earn it. Even if I had gotten a lot of minutes, I think the few minutes that I’ve got, I’ve earned them.
“I’m just going to keep fighting and working to get more. The coach knows what he’s doing.
“We have proper conversations, so I’m aware of the process, and I’m taking it in, I’m being patient, and I’m learning while I’m outside, and every minute that I get, I try to use and learn something from it.
“It’s part of the game, it’s part of the process. It’s a new space, new area for me, and I just have to be patient, and if I do get to play tomorrow, I’ll try to use my opportunity, enjoy myself, help the team, and hopefully we win and hopefully I score again.”
“Getting the win against a team like Chelsea would be a huge confidence boost for us, because it would send a message to other teams, and it also sends a message to us in our heads mentally, if you can beat a team like Chelsea, then you can obviously do it in the league too.
“So, we’re going to focus on trying to get the win, and then change our focus back to the league, because the game after Chelsea is a very important game too,” Arokodare concluded
Wolves are currently bottom of the English Premier League, being the only top-flight team yet to win a game.