'It has been my most difficult achievement as a coach, much more difficult than (winning) the Europa League.'
Lopetegui claims keeping Wolves in Premier League has been ‘more difficult’ than winning Europa LeagueBoss Julen Lopetegui believes keeping Wolves in the Premier League will be his biggest achievement as they all but ended any relegation fears – and damaged Aston Villa’s European dream.and moved Wolves onto 40 points after they were bottom of the table at Christmas.
“It was one of the biggest challenges of my life, as a coach. It has been my most difficult achievement as a coach, much more difficult than the Europa League and putting Sevilla in the Champions League,” said the manager, who celebrated vigorously at full time.“It’s very important points for us. To arrive at 40 points, it’s not mathematic but we are very close to our aim. I’m very happy for the club, fans, players. We arrived here in December with 10 points at the bottom.
Villa struggled to break a resilient Wolves – who lost 6-0 at Brighton last week – down but should have made it 1-1 with 19 minutes left. Boss Unai Emery said: “I’m frustrated with the result but overall in 90 minutes we tried to keep going with the game plan, we did it, we had good positioning, good progress with passes and then got in the box.
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