Wolves manager Vitor Pereira says he is proud of his players’ efforts, despite seeing them lose for the first time in Nottingham Forest’s 3-0 win at Molineux.
Wolves were without key striker Matheus Cunha and remain struggling in the Premier League in 17th place after goals from Morgan Gibbs-White, Chris Wood and Taiwo Awoniyi gave Forest points.
But Pereira’s side looked strong in the first half, with striker Jorgen Strand Larsen denied by a good goal-line clearance and Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels making several superb saves.
Not our day.
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– Wolves (@Wolves) January 6, 2025
Wolves managed 13 attempts on goal, six of which were on target – both higher than those of their clinical visitors – as they failed to score at home for the first time since last April.
Pereira said: “I think we did what we could do.
“We faced 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 achieve 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.
“At the end of the day, 3-0 is a heavy result but we need to understand why it happened and if you understand why it happened then we know what we need to work on to improve that.”
Next up for Wolves is an FA Cup trip to face Bristol City on Saturday, before a midweek trip to Newcastle in the Premier League.
