Gary O’Neil criticized his Wolves team after their 3-1 defeat to Aston Villa, which left them joint bottom of the Premier League. Wolves, who are yet to win in five league games and have only one point, initially went in front at Villa Park as Matheus Cunha capitalized on a mistake by Diego Carlos. Despite leading until the 73rd minute, when Ollie Watkins equalized, Villa eventually came back to win the game. O’Neil expressed his frustration with his team’s inability to fight and maintain their performance when under pressure.
Gary O’Neil said “The first half we played very well. It was not like they were banging the door down. But when we need to fight, we need to do it better. The lads are finding out the hard way you cannot play well for a bit. That [second] goal has to be stopped as does the first goal. We’re not going to dominate games against Aston Villa and Liverpool. We need to behave and act like a team scrapping for everything. We have to make sure we are better when it gets tough.”
O’Neil also commented on the injury to Yerson Mosquera, who was carried off with eight minutes remaining.
Gary O’Neil said “It doesn’t look good at this moment. It’s a big blow for us.”
