Looking for signs of life at Wolves as Vitor Pereira faces his toughest challenge yet
Wolves’ new manager Vitor Pereira has made improvements in his first two months – but are they ready to win their relegation battle?
Two months on from his appointment, the jury remains out on Wolves manager Vitor Pereira. The 56-year-old manager boasts a wealth of experience from a long and peripatetic career which has taken in eight countries and four continents, but the Premier League – and what was its worst defence – aren’t proving an easy nut to crack.
Since Pereira took charge, they have at least passed on the crown for conceding the most goals in the top flight (Southampton and Ipswich have now shipped more) and they have moved out of the relegation zone, but they are only one bad result away from dropping right back into the bottom three – and now face a trip to Anfield, the single toughest assignment any manager will face this season. So has their new Portuguese coach got Wolves back on the right track, and can they survive the season?
The first order of business was fixing a leaky defence that was struggling to keep the opposition under Gary O’Neil, especially at set-piece situations. Results have been mixed.
Pereira kicked off his tenure in promising fashion, with back-to-back wins and clean sheets against fellow strugglers Leicester City and Manchester United, but Wolves then shipped 12 goals over their next five games as they picked up just one point.
