On-loan Manchester City starlet reflects on Wigan Athletic's 'great result' at Sheffield Wednesday - that could easily have been more!
Charlie Gray insisted Wigan Athletic's 'great result' at Sheffield Wednesday could easily have been even better.
Latics belied their position at the bottom of League One to nullify early leaders Wednesday at Hillsborough.
And the visitors created the better chances on the day, with Jensen Weir hitting a post and Reggie Walsh, Jon Mellish, Morgan Fox and substitute Scott Hogan all coming close to finding the mark.
On the back of a 4-0 hammering by Stockport County seven days earlier, the Latics players certainly stood up to be counted on the biggest stage in the division.
"It was a great team performance, and a great result - and we had the chances to have come away with even more," said Gray.
"But to come here, to the top of the league, and getting a point is still a decent result.
"The first thing for us was securing the clean sheet, and I think we did great to achieve that.
"If we could have put one of our chances away, it would have been even better, but we're pleased with one.
"I think any team in this division will feel a point at Hillsborough is a great point, with how they've started the season.
"They'd won four of their first five games and are top of the league, so we knew it would be a very tough game, but we more than matched them.
"The important thing is not to let the results so far get us down, because I think we all know what we can do in this group."
Gray, who is with Latics on a season-long loan from Manchester City, was making his third start for the club, and narrowly failed to complete the 90 minutes for the first time.
"It's obviously been physically demanding, coming to places like this, you know you're not going to dominate the ball," said Gray, who was replaced by Archie Harris with three minutes to go.
"I've come from a team where we dominate the ball every single week, which means you don't have to do as much running! But I know it's a big part of the game, and I need to get used to that.
"I really hoped I would get the full 90 today, I cramped up at the end, but hopefully next time!"