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NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO says he expects Wolves to bare their teeth again at Brighton today.
The Wolves boss and his players have spent the week thrashing out what went wrong against Watford last weekend when his men’s six-match unbeaten league run ended with a limp 2-0 home defeat.
Now Nuno wants Brighton to feel the backlash.
“Sulking is not the answer,” he said. “My players are honest and there’s no point making excuses.
“After a bad result and a bad performance you have to bounce back.”
Wolves were the talk of the town going into last weekend after draws against Manchester United and Manchester City had taken them to seventh in the table.
Angry
“When someone is better than you on the day, you just have to accept it,” he said.
“We look at things as a group – it’s all very open. We analyse our mistakes. We’re grown up people.
“Players say what they feel. It’s not a case of me being angry. It’s normal to want to do this.”
Nuno wants to put the pain of the Hornet sting behind him and press on with trying to repair the damage at the Amex.
“I want a good reaction,” he said. “We just have to perform better and that’s the least I expect from my boys. It’s the right mentality to have.”
After naming the same side for a record-breaking ninth time, Nuno said he hasn’t had fringe players banging on his door stating their case for a call-up.
He said: “There’s no point coming to my office. We do our talking on the pitch.
“Brighton are a very good side who are doing well at home, so we are expecting a very tough game.”