Wolves boss Vitor Pereira could have been forgiven for thinking that had had taken on an impossible job. His team responded superbly to his arrival with seven points in his first three games at the club but four straight defeats in the league left the Portuguese coach wondering if perhaps it would have been better to stay in Saudi Arabia.
It wasn’t so much the fact they had lost those matches given that they were against high-flying Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, Chelsea and Arsenal, but the manner in which they had happened. They probably should have done better against Arsenal, with the Gunners playing for 25 minutes with 10 men, whilst they conceded three goals in the aforementioned games.
It meant that they had conceded 52 goals in 23 league games, which is the worst ratio of any team in the league since 1932/33. To add to their defensive instability, they have had several injuries to contend with throughout the campaign.
