United were unbeaten in the Premier League this season until their bottom-versus-top clash at Molineux on Saturday ended in a 2-1 defeat. McCarthy was delighted with his players for securing that result but does not think momentum - or lack of it - will count for much when they face Arsenal. To illustrate the point, McCarthy recalled his side's previous away day - a disappointing 1-0 reverse against Bolton. "I don't take the view that the game before has a direct effect on the next game," he said. "It can't, because when you see our result against Bolton, how on earth does it stack up what we did against Manchester United? "Most people would have thought they'd have turned up here and slapped us." McCarthy will be looking forward to going into a second successive match as long-odds outsiders, a position he is at ease with. "Being the underdog gives you something to fight for," he said. "It's great to prove people wrong but it's not so much proving people wrong as proving you can do it because I genuinely don't look to see what other people are saying." McCarthy concedes Arsenal could easily bring his players back down to earth. "We could end up going to Arsenal and getting beaten, but then beat West Brom next," he said. "Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to Arsenal to get beat. I'd like six points out of these next two games to make it nine with the win over United as well. "We've got to play West Brom and they'll have a new manager." Wolves owner Steve Morgan, meanwhile, has defended the club's recent work in the transfer market. McCarthy brought in Adam Hammill, Leigh Griffiths, Jamie O'Hara and Adriano Basso in January for a combined £650,000 and Morgan says the newly-announced stadium redevelopment will not hinder their recruitment policy in the long run. "Anyone jumping down my throat saying 'we're not buying players' is talking rubbish," Morgan told the Express and Star. "We didn't throw out huge sums of money in January but I believe we brought in some quality players. "There were one or two moans and groans that we didn't spend more, but anyone who saw Adam Hammill and Jamie O'Hara knows we've been very astute. "We've had some incredibly astute buys in the past, and I'd rather be clever than cocky and throw money around."
