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Aaron Catterson-Reid

Bruno Lage delivers honest verdict on Arsenal celebrations amid Premier League win vs Wolves

Bruno Lage has spoken about Arsenal's celebrations following their 2-1 victory against his Wolves side on Thursday night.

The Gunners had garnered considerable criticism from two members of Lage's squad after they clinched a 1-0 win at Molineux two weeks ago.

Portuguese midfielder Ruben Neves claimed that Mikel Arteta's side acted like they had won the Premier League.

"We saw the way they celebrated the win and that shows the level we are," Neves said.

“I didn't see Arsenal celebrating like this in the past 10 years - it was like they won the league.”

England international Conor Coady agreed with the former Porto star, admitting that he was annoyed by the north Londoners' antics after the match.

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, Coady said: “We’ve seen them [the celebrations], we heard them. We’ve obviously seen the whole thing, I know Ruben has obviously spoken out after it.

“They celebrated quite hard, didn’t they? It probably obviously shows how big the game was to them, and to us – it was big to us as well.

“Listen, we spoke about it all week, we prepared right, we made sure we were ready and I actually thought we played quite well if I’m being honest.

“We had the ball, we created different things, but listen Arsenal are a top side. So we’ve seen the celebrations, I’ll be honest with you, from our point of view, we really didn’t like them.”

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Now, Lage has spoken about Arsenal's celebrations following their 2-1 win on Thursday night as Nicolas Pepe netted an equaliser in the second half before Alexandre Lacazette's injury-time shot was turned in by Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa.

Speaking after the game, Lage said: "Football is about that, about celebrating goals.

"When you win in the last minute you need to celebrate in the best way you can, because it's very hard to win games in the Premier League.

"For me, it's not a problem."

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