Wolves dominated possession throughout the contest in east London, but had to wait until the final 15 minutes to make the breakthrough when Adama Troare came off the bench to set up Raul Jimenez to head home, before fellow substitute Pedro Neto fired a rocket beyond Lukasz Fabianski with little of the game remaining.
Although the head coach was satisfied with the performances of all his players in their first game in 100 days due to the enforced Covid-19 break, he felt the occasion didn’t have the meaning it should have due to the absence of supporters.
On taking three points on Premier League return
“We need this to feel that we really are back again to football. It was not enjoyable. A game of football without fans doesn’t mean anything. This game deserves fans.
“It’s too bad, fans should be here, we wanted them today, but they are at home, so it’s different. It’s different for us, it’s different for West Ham, it’s going to be different for everybody, but it’s good to have football back.
“Let’s try to produce good games so the people who are watching can enjoy every game of football.”
On improving after the break
“It was a good game. It was hard for both teams to get back after such a long time since activity.
“In the first-half, we were really organised, we were in control of the game, had good shape but not ending the actions. We create, but we did not finish the actions.
“The second-half was different; we went for it, we were able finish the actions and I’m very proud of the way we worked.
“All game we were organised, stayed in shape, reacting to every possession. We have to improve, but we are in the right way.”
