Potter praises ‘near perfect’ Albion after Wolves victory

Graham Potter praised an ‘almost perfect’ display following their impressive 3-0 Premier League victory at Wolves.

Dominant Brighton strolled to victory at Wolves to set a new club record and deliver a hammer blow to the hosts’ European hopes.

The Seagulls posted a new record points tally in the Premier League with a comfortable 3-0 victory at Molineux.

Alex Mac Allister recovered from an earlier penalty miss to score from the spot before Leandro TrossardandYvesBissouma wrapped up victory.

Brighton climbed to ninth – on 44 points – to inflict Wolves’ heaviest home defeat of the season.

“Great effort by the boys, kept a clean sheet, fantastic,” said Potter. “The personality of the players, the team, everything about the performance I really liked.

“We have had some good away days this year and that [the Wolves win] was up there. You could see the second half performance was up another level from the first. The boys looked hungry to score, enthusiastic to get forward. It was important for us to keep a clean sheet because we didn’t want to let them back into the game and I thought we managed the situation quite well.

“Defended when we had to and offered a threat on the way forward and nice to score three goals.”

On the penalties, when Mac Allister missed the first and then wrestled the ball away from Trossard to take the second, Potter added: “We were just recovering from the first one [penalty miss] so I think it says a lot about Alexis that he has the personality and character to go again and execute the same penalty.

“It also reflects that our penalty record has not been that good. We have missed a few so everyone wants to do well and everyone wants to win.

“So credit to him for that. We were just delighted it went in because our penalty record hasn’t been the best, so important to get the first goal in a Premier League game, pressure was on him and he delivered, so congratulations to him.”