{"id":887986,"date":"2026-01-26T23:13:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/revealed-why-tolu-arokodare-started-on-the-bench-in-wolves-0-2-loss-to-man-city\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T23:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:13:17","slug":"revealed-why-tolu-arokodare-started-on-the-bench-in-wolves-0-2-loss-to-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/revealed-why-tolu-arokodare-started-on-the-bench-in-wolves-0-2-loss-to-man-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: Why Tolu Arokodare started on the bench in Wolves\u2019 0-2 loss to Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tolu Arokodare scores and celebrates during the EFL Cup match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Everton at Molineux, Wolverhampton, England on 23 September 2025. Copyright: ImagoxManjitxNarotra<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/strong><\/a> head coach Rob Edwards has revealed why Super Eagles<\/a> striker Tolu Arokodare was on the bench in his side’s loss to Manchester City yesterday, Soccernet.ng reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 25-year-old had started Wolves’ previous five fixtures before the clash against Pep Guardiola’s men, and it was a surprise for many when his name wasn’t in the starting lineup at the Etihad.<\/p>\n

Arokodare eventually came on in the 71st minute but couldn’t affect the game positively, as he had just four touches of the ball.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the former Genk striker couldn’t do much considering Wolves were two goals down when he came off the bench.<\/p>\n

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Erling Haaland holds off the challenge from Fulham’s Calvin Bassey. Copyright: ImagoxAshley Western<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In his post-match presser, Rob Edwards clarified that his decision to bench Tolu wasn’t one that implied a negative connotation; it was simply a choice to field the best players that can cause damage to Manchester City’s backline.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe wanted to try and take the ball more. We weren’t quite able to break lines and find real opportunities in the first start, and then get behind them,\u201d the Welshman said in quotes revealed by Wolves’ official website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought the pressing was excellent, and they played really well, and stopped us doing that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Tolu Arokodare celebrates his goal to make it 1-3 during the Carabao Cup Last 16 Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Chelsea at Molineux, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, 29th October 2025. Photo by ImagoxAlfie Cosgrove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cWe felt with \u2018Channy\u2019 we were still playing a striker, but we felt we needed a connection to those other midfielders with Arias, Mane, Joao and Andre to give us a little bit of link.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope it wasn’t perceived as a negative change, bringing Tolu out of the team. The rationale was that we wanted to take the ball more and be able to get behind him in a different type of way.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then I thought Jorgen made a good impact, and I thought Tolu did as well when we introduced him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the rationale behind the change, and that’s what we tried to do,\u201d the former Luton Town coach concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Tolu Arokodare celebrates the goal in front of the fans during the Carabao Cup Third Round match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Everton at Molineux in Wolverhampton, England, on September 23, 2025. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Soccer Tolu Arokodare scores and celebrates during the EFL Cup match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Everton at Molineux, Wolverhampton, England on 23 September 2025. Copyright: ImagoxManjitxNarotra Wolverhampton Wanderers head coach Rob Edwards has revealed why Super Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare was on the bench in his side’s loss to Manchester City yesterday, Soccernet.ng reports. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":887987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130534,966,2005],"tags":[130533,6843],"class_list":{"0":"post-887986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arokodare","8":"category-revealed","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-arokodare","11":"tag-revealed"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}