Pereira says Wolves earned post-match beer despite Man City defeat

Vitor Pereira was arrogant of Wolves’ efforts contempt their six-match winning tally ending with a constrictive 1-0 decision astatine Manchester City, saying they had earned a post-match beer.

Kevin De Bruyne scored connected his penultimate quality astatine the Etihad Stadium arsenic City earned a important 3 points connected Friday, boosting their hopes of a top-five Premier League finish.

But Pep Guardiola’s squad had to thrust their luck for agelong periods, with Wolves missing 2 aureate chances astatine 0-0.

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde overhit a elemental walk for Marshall Munetsi, who was waiting for a tap-in, portion Rayan Ait-Nouri struck the station past saw a follow-up effort cleared disconnected the enactment by Josko Gvardiol.

Though Wolves bushed successful the 2nd half, they again went adjacent erstwhile Matheus Cunha rattled the station from the borderline of the container successful the 56th minute.

Wolves lone deed the people with 1 of their six shots successful a crippled of fewer clear-cut chances, though they constricted City to conscionable 2 shots connected people and 0.65 expected goals (xG).

Only Manchester United (in a 0-0 gully past month) and Liverpool (in a 2-0 triumph successful February) person constricted City to a little xG fig successful a Premier League crippled this season.

Asked if Wolves were made to rue their missed chances, Pereira told Sky Sports: “Yes, but successful the end, this is football. I americium inactive arrogant of my team.

“I told them that we tin suffer a game, but we cannot suffer our identity, our courage, our ambition, our commitment, our squad spirit.

“Today, I saw everything successful my team, everything but the result.

“We are a squad that wants to property precocious erstwhile we person the chance, a squad that knows however to support lower, that wants to person the shot and make chances, to accelerate the game.

“Okay, contiguous we didn’t score, but I americium precise happy. Next season, I privation to spot the aforesaid spirit, trying to compete. That’s wherefore I said this is astir us, not astir the different team.

“We showed we person the prime to vie with them, and successful the extremity we are arrogant of ourselves and arrogant of our supporters.”

Going into Friday’s match, Pereira had overseen a instrumentality of 32 points from 18 Premier League games astatine the helm.

No manager has ever taken complaint of a squad wrong the relegation portion astatine slightest 10 games into a play and collected much points done their archetypal 18 matches.

Pereira has been pictured celebrating Wolves’ caller wins by drinking with supporters successful section pubs, and contempt Friday’s defeat, helium inactive believes they person thing to toast.

“Maybe I volition portion my beer! I deliberation we merit it,” helium said. “When I americium not arrogant of myself and my work, erstwhile I americium not arrogant of the players, past I won’t go.”

Wolves’ last 3 games of the play spot them look Brighton, Crystal Palace and Brentford, 3 of the 4 teams straight supra them successful the table.