Wolves boss Vitor Pereira says he was proud of his players’ efforts despite seeing them lose for the first time as Nottingham Forest won 3-0 at Molineux.
Wolves are without key striker Mateusz Kunia and remain in trouble in the Premier League, dropping to 17th after goals from Morgan Gibbs-White, Chris Wood and Taiwo Avonyi gave Forest the points.
But Pereira’s side looked sharp in the first half, with striker Jørgen Strand Larsen denied by a fine goal-line clearance and Forest keeper Mats Sels making several superb saves.
Not our day.
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— Wolves (@Wolves) January 6, 2025
Wolves had 13 attempts on target with six on target – both higher than their clinical visitors – as they failed to score at home for the first time since last April.
Pereira said: “I think we did everything 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 giving 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, they didn’t struggle, they didn’t try their best.
“In the end 3-0 is a heavy result, but we have to understand why it happened and if you understand why it happened, we know what we have to work on to improve it.”
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.
