Wolves boss urges team to 'rise again' amid difficult relegation battle
Vitor Pereira insists Wolves must 'rise again' following their damaging defeat at home to Burnley.
Wolves conceded late at Molineux for their seventh loss of the season, leaving supporters furious at the club's plight at the bottom of the Premier League.
Pereira, who came under intense criticism from fans, believes his side can recover from this new low and go again ahead of tonight's Carabao Cup clash with Chelsea and the upcoming top flight match at Fulham.
"Sometimes we have very difficult moments in our life that we need to suffer," Pereira said.
"What I saw in the dressing room was a team suffering, of course, suffering because they did everything to get more from this game.
"It's difficult to find the words. Today is the day that we need to suffer, but tomorrow is the day that we need to rise again.
"We need to come again, ready for a fight and this is the mentality of this group, and they deserve more than what we are getting in this moment in this league.
"We're missing a win, I believe a win can change everything.
"I really feel today was the day, but in the end it was not.
"I need to to come back again with energy, with belief, with with the spirit to help my team, because the next game is in a few days and we must be ready to fight again and we need our supporters with us."
Fans also chanted against owners Fosun and club chairman Jeff Shi and when asked if there is a bigger problem at Wolves behind the scenes, Pereira admitted they must learn from a difficult summer.
He added: "It's difficult to answer, because I was not here in the first games of the season.
"But we need to learn with experience, especially in experience in the market, experience in the pre-season, the way that we organised the things.
"We can learn every day, even me. We can do better."
Joao Gomes was surprisingly dropped against Burnley, but Jean-Ricner Bellegarde did well as his replacement, particularly in the second half as Wolves pushed for a winner.
And Pereira was defensive when asked about the decision not to play J.Gomes.
He said: "Bellegarde was the player in the position of Joao Gomes and I need to look at training and what they are giving in this moment and I chose Bellegarde.
"When Joao came on, he came with the true spirit to help the team, playing good football, and trying with this spirit to help us.
"I'm very sad because these players and this group deserve more than this.
"They deserve to win a game, they deserve to get more from what they are doing."
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