Sheffield Wednesday reaction: Carvalhal adamant Owls deserved points - ready to forgive Forestieri

The Portuguese even felt his side should have won.

Sheffield Wednesday, who again left Fernando Forestieri out of their squad following a training ground spat with Sam Winnall, remain winless, but could easily have claimed the three points after launching a late siege following David Jones’ equaliser.

Jordan Rhodes sent a header flying over, while Hooper was somehow denied in a goalmouth scramble before he sent a looping volley against the woodwork.

The Black Cats dominated the first 70 minutes of the Sky Bet Championship clash at Hillsborough but only had George Honeyman’s fourth-minute strike to show for it.

“We started with a loss of concentration but after this we started to impose our football, we started to create chances,” said Carvalhal.

“We had more chances than Sunderland. We played a very high level of football in the second half.

“We absolutely deserved to win this game with the level of football we played in the second half. We played against a strong team, the way we are playing we will be very strong.”

On Forestieri’s omission, he added: “He is paying for a mistake, he will soon be back in the 18.

“When we understand the time is to come back, when he is working well and working hard, we will bring him back.

“He has apologised, he apologised to his team-mates, it is not a problem. Fernando will be back soon, we have to manage the situation.”