“…This was a very important win….” Wolves’ Pereira expresses heartfelt joy over his squad’s strength and quality

Wolves defeat West Ham 1-0 at Molineux today, thanks to Jorgen Strand Larsen’s single winning goal at 21 minutes. Vitor Pereira feels the quality and character within his squad has been the key factor to his side pulling themselves 12 points clear of the bottom three with eight matches remaining.

He believes his players passion is proving to be the difference in their fight to stay in the Premier League. He said post-match:

“I’m emotional and sometimes we need to express our passion. This is a moment, a very important moment, for the club. We need to get points, we need to send energy to the supporters, and they must send energy to us. This is very important and was a very important win.

“I think the first half was a fantastic first half. The second half was about the spirit of the team – suffering together and celebrating together.”On the team spirit of his side. What I can say is that when I’m watching the game of my team, I see a team. And when we play with this spirit, with this commitment, it’s not easy [to play against].

“I believe, I really believe, that we’ll achieve our target. I believe in my work, I believe in the players. Before I came, I studied the squad, and if we are not looking for the points, we’ll play more. I believe because we have this quality, we have team spirit, and I think we have quality in our work.”

Regarding Strand Larsen’s 10th goal of the season, he said:

“I’m very happy with him. Larson is a team player. For me, football is to play as a team, and when I feel this spirit, and in the end of the game, if I feel proud of my work and I feel proud of my players, then this is the most fantastic feeling that we can have.

“We feel the pride of the supporters, and this is what we need. Together, I’m very confident, but we are not safe yet.”

Speaking on Andre and Joao Gomes’ partnership, he adds;

“They are very good players, national team players, Brazilian, it’s not easy to [play against them]. They are top players, they are young, and they have talent, and they can improve a lot. But I like a lot of all the team.”