Vitor Pereira explains how Newcastle United defeated Wolves to make it 9 in a row | OneFootball

Vitor Pereira watched on at St James’ Park as his Wolves team lost 3-0 to Newcastle United.

In the job for four weeks, the new Wolves boss had over seen five matches, with three wins, one draw and just the one defeat.

This defeat against Eddie Howe’s side sees Wolves drop back down into the relegation zone on goal difference.

However, with some of the football Wolves played on Wednesday night, you would think there is every chance Vitor Pereira can take them to safety.

After all, they don’t have to face the quality of Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon every time…

Vitor Pereira explains what he thought made the difference on the night, how Newcastle defeated Wolves:

“The difference in the game, in my opinion, was that they scored when they got chances and we missed when we got chances, because we got maybe six or seven chances to score, and against this team playing home, if we don’t score, they win the confidence and they scored three goals.

“The difference between us and them in my opinion, the first half was very difficult to play and for us to have the ball, because they become strong to press.

“But even in first half we had some chances to score.

“Second half we had chances to score.

“In the end, they scored three goals.”

Vitor Pereira on the defending for the goals:

“Very difficult.

“When you start to have some risks to score a goal against this team and they counter attack, it’s not easy to stop them because they are very fast in the attack.

“We tried our best, the team tried to be every time with balance to stop the counter attacks, but sometimes is not possible, it was not possible.

“I think the second goal was a punishment very hard for us, but in the end I’m proud of my players, proud of the team, because we tried everything.

“I saw commitment. I saw they played with team spirits. They ran a lot.

“We tried everything to score a goal and in the end the result is not a result that expresses what happened on the field.”

Vitor Pereira on the need for resilience moving forward:

“I believe that one day we’ll start to score the chances that we create.

“Today, Larsen doesn’t have the luck, because it was a very good shoot, and in the end the goalkeeper defends.

“This is something that we need to increase with this kind of experience.

“Facing this kind of team, we need to be compact every time, because when you do one mistake, they score because they have the quality, high quality.

“For us, try to press when we should press, try to be compact when we should be compact, try to score more goals, increase our quality with finishing. This is the way.”

Newcastle 3 Wolves 0 – Wednesday 15 January 2025 7.30pm

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Isak 34, 57, Gordon 74

Wolves:

Possession was Newcastle 60% Wolves 40%

Total shots were Newcastle 17 Wolves 13

Shots on target were Newcastle 5 Wolves 7

Corners were Newcastle 4 Wolves 2

Touches in the box Newcastle 32 Wolves 23

Newcastle team v Wolves:

Dubravka, Livramento (Trippier 85), Botman, Burn, Hall, Tonali, Joelinton (Miley 83), Bruno, Murphy (Almiron 78), Isak (Osula 78), Gordon (Willock 78)

Unused subs:

Vlachodimos, Kelly, Krafth, Longstaff

Newcastle United upcoming matches:

Saturday 18 January – Newcastle v Bournemouth (12.30pm) TNT Sports

Saturday 25 January – Southampton v Newcastle (3pm)

Saturday 1 February – Newcastle v Fulham (3pm)

Wednesday 5 February – Newcastle v Arsenal (8pm) Sky Sports (League Cup)

Weekend of Saturday 8 February – Birmingham v Newcastle TBC (FA Cup)

Saturday 15 February – Man City v Newcastle (3pm)