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Wolves 1-1 Burton: Nigel Clough and Walter Zenga reaction

Burton Albion Manager Nigel Clough during the Sky Bet League One match between Colchester United and Burton Albion at Colc
Image: Nigel Clough was happy with his men in their 1-1 draw at Wolves

Burton manager Nigel Clough was full of praise for his players after their late show rescued a deserved point in a 1-1 Sky Bet Championship draw against Wolves at Molineux.

Will Miller struck in the fifth minute of stoppage time to cancel out Prince Oniangue's 77th-minute opener.

Clough, who had earlier seen Lucas Akins miss a 20th-minute penalty, said: "It was a bit frustrating that we had to wait until the 95th minute but it does feel like a win when you get a result so late in the day.

"I thought for long spells of the game that we were the ones who were creating the chances and looked the more likely to take the lead.

"Had we scored the penalty, you never know, it might have been a different story.

"It was only in the last 20 minutes when Wolves stepped it up a little bit and had chances. Apart from that, we were comfortable.

"I wanted us to keep playing properly, get the ball out wide and keep putting crosses in and it was a great goal. We have fitness and belief and we keep playing properly.

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"The key to it is not conceding the second goal. If you go 2-0 behind, then the game is over.

"We are going to have a go this season. We will not sit back.

"We will try and take the game to teams and I think that has been evident in the first six games."

Burton should really have broken the deadlock when Richard Stearman was ruled to have handled a cross from Matty Palmer but Akins' spot-kick was weak and was palmed out by Carl Ikeme.

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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Wolves and Burton Albion.

Oniangue made Burton pay for that miss when he drove home a knock down from Jon Dadi Bodvarsson.

But battling Burton earned their deserved point when Miller converted a Lloyd Dyer cross.

Wolves' manager Walter Zenga, who had made seven changes to his starting line-up, refused to be downhearted by his side's late giveaway and defended the large number of changes.

He said: "I'm feeling good because the team played good, especially in the second half.

"We deserved to win the game without a doubt but we have to understand we can't give them one chance like this in the last minute of the game.

"Perhaps in the first half the quality wasn't there as we had hoped but then in my opinion the quality showed, we played some nice football.

"Every player that has arrived in the Wolves family is one that we have chosen and we are happy for them. The new signings, in my opinion, showed good class and good quality and we can play with one team on Saturday and one team on Tuesday for example with the squad we have.

"They are all players who are going to help us out in this long marathon. It is true sometimes that too much change can create confusion but if you work it the right way, change means you have a fresh team all the time."

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