Nuno insists Wolves won’t rest on laurels despite sealing Championship title

Posted Sunday, April 22, 2018 by PA

Nuno Espirito Santo expressed his pride in Wolves after they sealed the Sky Bet Championship title but he insists there will be no let-up from his side for the final two games of the season.

Wolves’ promotion to the Premier League was guaranteed seven days ago and their 4-0 demolition of lowly Bolton at the Macron Stadium on Saturday ensured top spot in the second tier.

Nuno, though, believes his side cannot afford to let the standards that have led them to this position slip and victory over Sheffield Wednesday next week will take them beyond 100 points.

“It is very special,” Nuno said. “Now I want to achieve more. I want more points but I am not thinking about myself.

“We want to win every game. We want to improve and we want to grow.

“This season deserves the last day the same ethic of work we have done from the beginning.

“We will not change because this is what we are.”

Barry Douglas and on-loan striker Benik Afobe put Wolves 2-0 up at half-time before Diogo Jota and a Conor Coady penalty secured all three points for the visitors in the second half.

On the successful campaign, Nuno added: “It means a lot especially to the fans who travel so long and so far away.

“Not only from today but from the beginning of the season. We are really thankful for what they have been doing and how they are supporting.”

On lifting the trophy at Molineux, Nuno added: “It will be very special.

“We will be with people we care about and we know the people love us.

“But the trophy is not for the players, it is for the club, the city and the fans. It will be a special moment.

“I am proud because we never had doubts. And we showed that again.”

Bolton boss Phil Parkinson acknowledged his side were beaten by the better team but is hopeful they can salvage their Championship status.

They remain two points above the bottom three with two games of the season remaining.

Parkinson said: “It was okay at the start but I think we have been punished by the way we set up.

“We had some decent moments but Wolves are a team who’ll punish you.

“Look at the first half, there weren’t many moments where we lost concentration, but the two we did, we got done.

“It’s either a moment of quality or a spell where someone switches off and it gives them a chance they invariably take.

“The morale has been hit, it was a long afternoon, we can’t hide away from that.

“They are far and away the best team in this division, no doubt about it.

“They had 5,000 fans behind them and it was tough for us in that second period.

“There’s still an opportunity for us to stay in this division and we have to pick ourselves up. We have two games to try and achieve what we set out to do.”