"I feel sick that we've lost" - Wolves boss reacts to Villa defeat

But Edwards was 'proud' of his side's showing and felt Wolves were good value for a result against their rivals.

"It's just the reality of football," Edwards said when asked if he feels hard done by with a defeat.

"We played well. I feel sick that we've lost, like the lads will do and everyone connected to the club. 

"But we went about it in the best way possible to try and win, so I'm proud of that side of it.

"I'm really disappointed that we've not been able to take something from the game. 

"Aston Villa, we all know are brilliant, especially at Villa Park and I thought at times today we looked really, really good and went right up against them. 

"So there's a lot to like about the performance and I think we can take a lot of belief and confidence from that.

"Ultimately it's not the result that we wanted, but I think it's a step in the right direction and hopefully we can lean a lot on that going forward. 

"We're aware of the situation, so you can't run away or hide from it.

"It's just the reality, we are where we are.

"But it didn't look like a performance where people had given up or don't care or don't believe in themselves. 

"I thought we saw a lot of good things - the midfield lads, the intensity, the spirit, the fight, the passion that they showed. Some really good performances from our defenders as well, there was a lot of positives.

"Some really good individual performances, the lads care, they really do and they showed that today."

Joao Gomes was seemingly fouled in the build-up to the Villa goal and he lay injured, unable to close down Kamara as he swept home the winner from the edge of the box.

In a match where VAR intervened to pull the game back for a possible Jhon Arias red card - that ended up being a yellow - the head coach felt Wolves were unlucky not to be awarded a free-kick.

"I've looked at it now and slowed it down and I do think it's a foul on Joao," Edwards said.

"I know it happens quickly and I know then there's a whole phase of play, but Joao's down for quite a while then, so potentially he could have been in a position to get up to the ball. 

"It's a brilliant finish from Kamara, but maybe it could have been different and we're putting a free kick in the box rather than defending the other end. 

"That was a moment that maybe went against us. But in the end, even if you haven't got one man down, then you've got to try and deal with it and get up to the ball and get that block in.

"That's what it's taken to beat us today, it's a world class finish from a brilliant footballer, but maybe it could have been avoided."