Oliver Tipton’s late penalty ensured the old gold went back to Wolverhampton with all three points and moved further away from the bottom two of the PL2 table. It was a tale of two halves at Seagrave, as Wolves dominated for much of the opening 45, but were unable to make their dominance pay. The second half was more about grinding out a performance and result – something that impressed head coach Collins who was fully aware of the importance of pulling away from those below.
On the difference between both halves
“In the first half I thought we were good. For the first five minutes they were probably stronger, but for the rest of the half we dominated without being excellent.
“We created four or five good chances and should’ve took them. It’s a bit of an Achilles heel of ours, that we’re not taking chances when they come.
“In the second half I felt we didn’t quite do as well. We couldn’t afford to let Leicester back into the fight, so a nil was a really important priority for the players.
“Although we didn’t play as well, we limited them to not having chances and I don’t remember Louie (Moulden) having a save to make.
“Then we got a bit of luck with the penalty, but I thought it was a definite pen. Tinks (Tyler Roberts) has always got the knack of doing that – nicking it and then getting fouled.
“We managed to get the three points which, overall, we deserved.”
On the chances created in the opening 45
“I thought we deserved to be ahead at half-time. You worry, away from home, 0-0, that all it takes is one moment.
“A little bit like Blackburn earlier on in the season. We deserved to win that game and we conceded a penalty and lost 1-0. We were determined for that to not happen again.”
On the importance of getting three points
“Two wins in the last week gives us a bit of leeway that we needed.
“The team today was a young team and the rest of the season is going to be tough. We’ve got Man Utd on Friday and Brighton away after that. It’s a really tough division for a very young team.
“I felt tonight was an important night to get a result and hopefully we can play with a little bit more confidence and the style of football we want to play.”
On losing Dylan Scicluna through injury in training
“Losing Dylan yesterday was a blow because I felt he would’ve helped us here today. In the last kick of training, he pushed his ankle back and it’s one of those moments.
“It did mess our preparations up a bit. We’ve been doing work all week on people in different roles and then they had to move around.
“That’s football. Great credit to our boys, they’ve got to get used to that – having to adapt and come away from home to grind out a result.”
