Hodge 'will grow and improve' from Carabao Cup penalty miss 

Nottingham Forest's Dean Henderson saved Joe Hodge's penalty in the quarter-final of the competition. 

LEARNING: Joe Hodge of Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pic: Isaac Parkin - WWFC/Wolves via Getty Images

Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui has praised the "commitment and character" of Republic of Ireland under-21 international Joe Hodge in the wake of their Carabao Cup quarter-final exit at the hands of Nottingham Forest.

Both Hodge and Ruben Neves missed their penalties as Forest prevailed 4-3 in a shootout after the match had ended 1-1 after 90 minutes.