Matt Doherty is hoping Wolves can get back to winning ways against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday they can maintain the energy which has been created from their historic recent run.
Before Friday night’s narrow defeat to Manchester City, the Old Gold had won six Premier League matches in a row for the first time ever, while also being unbeaten in their last seven, so the defender is urging his teammates to approach the final three matches of the campaign in the best frame of mind possible.
On a missed opportunity against City
“It was one-nil and it looked like it was tight enough, and we had some big chances in the first half, we were compact in that part, but in second half, we didn’t create too much, so it feels like a half-missed opportunity. I didn't think we were amazing.”
On missing Strand Larsen at the Etihad
“Just the confidence of having your striker in good form, it can change the whole dynamic of your team when you a striker like Jorgen who’s scoring goals and in form, linking well with everybody else, and it was obviously a big miss."
On the winning run coming to an end
“We had the initial bounce off Vitor when he came in, but then we did lose four games in a row, before then losing the Liverpool and the Fulham games, so we did lose a few games in a row still, but he’s just kept the belief there which really kept us going.
“Different managers just bring different things, and he kept our heads up, we didn’t let them drop at all, and we managed to turn it around.
“We’ve obviously been able to turn it around in an unbelievable way over the last six or seven games, so we can be proud of what we’ve done during the second half of season.”
On keeping confident heading into Saturday
“I’ve said before how the energy in the players and the energy in the club, I know we’re still in the bottom half, we’re still 13th, but that’s not the point at the moment, the connection seems to be there, the energy is there, and the results are there.
“Obviously not against Man City, but the results have been there for the last six games. We’re not going to lose confidence because of Friday night, but we can understand that it was probably a game where, if we watch it back, we could have got something out of.
“But let’s just be happy with what we’ve done over the last second half of season.”
