Vitor Pereira says Wolves played with their hearts, rather than using their intelligence against Brighton & Hove Albion, which cost them at Molineux.
The Seagulls scored in either half and Wolves failed to take their own chances on Saturday afternoon, ensuring they suffered a first defeat at Molineux since February.
Pereria says he will work on correcting his and the team’s mistakes during the week, ensuring they’ll come back stronger during the final two matches of the Premier League season.
On Saturday’s performance
“In my opinion, two different parts. The first half we competed, created some chances to finish, but missed the last shot, last pass, but we competed with one or two mistakes. Second half, in my opinion, we can do better. We tried to turn over the result. A lot of heart, but we missed some organisation.
“The game started to become unpredictable, very open, and we exposed ourselves to counter attacks against a good team. They finished and they scored the second. We had the chance to score before 1-1, but they scored the second.
“We played a lot with our heart in the second half, but without intelligence to control the pace and the match goes to transitions and transitions, counter transitions. We won the ball, lost the ball. This is not the game that I like, because it's unpredictable. In the end, they punished us, and they deserved the win.”
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On the quadruple substitution
“Of course, I was not happy with the game at that moment, we tried to do something to connect the team, to press a little bit higher to try to create problems. But in the end we can be better because we are better than what we showed in the second half. But now it's time to correct tactically and mentally.”
On not letting the season peter out
“This is something that we need to correct, not only the tactical things, but the mental things. The last game against City, I watched a team organised, compact, aggressive. We didn't finish the season. We need to keep our level and to compete for the three points in next two games.”
On putting things right
“It’s with the same energy. We know what we did well, and we know what we must correct. We go to the next game, next training with the same spirit to analyse. I like to analyse myself, and I like to analyse my team, and this is what we can control.”
On Mane’s debut
“He's a player with talents for sure. He will be in our team next season, in the first-team, because he has the quality and the talent to be.”
