Wolves boss makes statement on club's survival chances

The new head coach enjoyed the perfect start to his tenure as head coach, masterminding a clinical performance against relegation rivals after having just three days of training with the team.

Wolves have now moved up to 18th in the league and are two points from safety, and the boss says his side have the quality to survive.

"Before I came I studied the players and in my opinion, I think with the quality we have here we can get results and another position in the table," Pereira said.

"When a team is on the bottom the confidence goes, and this is a problem.

"This means my job is to give them confidence and be a tactical GPS so they know what they need to do in each moment of the game. This is what I'm trying to give them. 

"I believe, with the quality that we have and the confidence we have in our work, we can do it, and with our supporters too. 

"It feels good. For the short time of work, what the team did in the game was a surprise for me because we showed our true spirit, confidence and tactically we were intelligent. 

"In my teams, the goals don't only go to one player, lots of players have chances to score and I asked them to appear in the box at least with four players in positions to score.

"In the game we tried to create a chance in the box and this is the moment to speed up and get into good positions to score."

The decision to select Goncalo Guedes, making just his second Premier League start of the season, was an inspired one as the forward notched the opening goal of the game before assisting the third that was finished off by Matheus Cunha.

When asked what he wants from Guedes, Pereira said: "True commitment, not only when we have the ball to attack, but when we don't have the ball we need him to help the team to defend.

"He has the quality, I know him very well and he can make the difference and he has the quality to score a goal or assist.

"With a good mentality and his head in the right mood to help us, he can be an important player for us."

Alongside a clinical display, Wolves also put in an assured defensive performance and picked up their second clean sheet of the season, and their first away from home.

Pereira said: "It's very important because we need to get confidence again.

"We need confidence in the way we defend and we're trying to improve game by game and training by training."