Wolves boss Rob Edwards said his side didn't look like a relegated team as they ran Tottenham close, telling BBC Sport: “It was a close game, I felt we were the better team in the second half in particular, we were pushing.
"The way the game went it was going to be a moment of magic or something like a set piece second phase and it proved to be the case – it's a difficult one to take.
"One or two people don't quite get things right and we got punished. It was a tough one."
On the players' effort and application after relegation was confirmed on Monday night: “I asked for commitment from the players and effort, coming up against a team fighting for their lives.
"We more than matched their intensity and got done with the goal. We have to dust ourselves down and go again.
"There were a few moments in the second half when things could have gone another way. We got (close) a lot but then we were lacking (where it mattered)."
On finishing the season strongly, despite going down: “We got relegated this week, their motivation is really high, but we didn’t look like a relegated team. In the end there was nothing in the game.
"That fight and commitment has to be there, we can't let that drop. We are trying to get some results, today I thought we looked tighter and solid and we were pushing."
Did you know?
- Wolves suffered their 23rd league defeat of the season, equalling their most ever in a 38-game top-flight campaign (also 23 in 2011-12 and 1905-06).
- Through Pedro Lima (19) and Mateus Mane (18), Wolves named two teenagers in a Premier League starting XI for the first time since April 2022 v Newcastle United (Fábio Silva and Luke Cundle).
