Vitor Pereira frustrated with second half showing in Wolves defeat
Vitor Pereira believes Brighton were deserved winners at Molineux following a poor second half from his Wolves side.
Goals from Danny Welbeck and Brajan Gruda secured the Seagulls' win, condemning Wolves to back-to-back defeats.
And Pereira was frustrated with the second half display on a lacklustre afternoon.
"In the first half we competed against a team with quality, that's why they are playing for European positions," he said.
"We created chances to score, sometimes missing the shot and the last decision, but we created and competed against them in the same level.
"We committed a mistake, but mistakes are part of the game, and we conceded a goal.
"The second half we started playing with our hearts and lost our tactical organisation, we lost the pace and started to play a transition game with mistakes.
"It was an open game, unpredictable, and it became a physical game and they scored the second goal. They deserved to win the game.
"We know we can be better to correct my team tactically and mentally."
Wolves' performance was full of mistakes that allowed Brighton to take control of the contest and Pereira has warned his players not to be distracted by the 'energy' inside the stadium and stick to their game plan.
"We can play at a better level," he added.
"We cannot play a game where we win the ball, then lose the ball, then win it and then lose it because we play hurried.
"Sometimes we follow the stadium. When we try to have good decisions with the ball, we need to slow down and accelerate at the right moment.
"Sometimes the players follow the energy to go fast and we start to lose control of the game, tactical control, and the game became unpredictable.
"They are strong and fast, we exposed ourselves on the counter-attack and they scored."
Hwang Hee-chan was not in the squad at Molineux as he contends with a niggling injury.
"I think not," Pereira said when asked if the injury to Hwang is serious.
"But in the last few weeks he's been complaining. One, two or three training (sessions) and then complaining with something we need to clear because we need him."
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