Despite the first defeat, Pereira is “proud of the players”.
Wolves coach Vitor Pereira says he is proud of his players’ performance despite losing for the first time as giants Nottingham Forest won 3-0 at Molineux.
Wolves were without key striker Matheus Cunha and remain in trouble in 17th place in the Premier League after goals from Morgan Gibbs-White, Chris Wood and Taiwo Awoniyi gave Forest the points.
But Pereira’s side looked good in the first half, with striker Jorgen Strand Larsen making a great goal-line save and Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels making several excellent saves.
Not our day.
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The Wolves had 13 shots on target, six of which were on target – both more than their experienced visitors – and failed to score at home for the first time since April last year.
Pereira said: “I think we did what we could.
“We had a lot of problems this week, different problems, injury problems. In the end we played with 11 players and 11 players who gave everything to get another result.
“I’m happy with the players, I’m proud of them because they tried everything. I can’t tell anyone that they didn’t run, that they didn’t fight, that they didn’t do their best.
“In the end 3-0 is a difficult result but we have to understand why it happened and if you understand why it happened then we know what we have to work on to improve it.”
Next up for Wolves is an FA Cup game against Bristol City on Saturday before traveling to Newcastle in the Premier League midweek.
