"Now is the time to fight" - Wolves boss issues battle cry to players

Three consecutive Premier League defeats leaves Wolves bottom of the table ahead of their trip to Newcastle on Saturday.

A comeback Carabao Cup win over West Ham is not enough respite for concerned supporters and Pereira has issued a battle cry to his players to find the mental and physical strength to bounce back.

Pereira said: "When you try to sell an idea, you need to have results because they (fans) will accept if we have results. They will not have doubts if we have results.

"But it's not only about results, it's about consistency in the game.

"I want to see my team more consistently than the last game, trying to correct the situations that we cannot concede goals like we did.

"Life is to react, we need to improve, work more and more, be more aggressive and to compete for every ball.

"We need to start the game with the right mentality and not complain.

"We are on the ground but now is the time to fight again."

Meanwhile, Pereira now been joined at Wolves by his son, who is now a member of the coaching staff.

Pedro Lopes - the middle of Pereira's three sons - has arrived as an analyst after finishing his studies.

"He's learning, he came to get experience and to learn about life and to learn about football," Pereira said.

"He finished university doing sports and because he was a player, he likes football, he likes to create his career.

"This is an opportunity to learn with his father and the staff and with everybody."

Pereira previously said that he does not want any of his sons to work in football, but when quizzed about that following Lopes' arrival, the head coach added: "Of course, but you know why? Because we cannot decide for them.

"I never, never push my sons to be in football because I know that I suffer a lot and I don't want this, but in the end, I cannot decide for them.

"My sons, they suffer a lot with my job since they were a child.

"I remember at Porto, if you draw a game you cannot go shopping or to the cinema because it's impossible.

"Sometimes they would ask me, 'father, let's go here', but I cannot.

"I cannot because it's impossible in a city like Porto, working in the club, where a draw is a disaster.

"I remember they suffered as children at school, but it's part of life."