Wolves boss Bruno Lage was left delighted with their 2-1 win against Everton.
After two landmark strikes – Maximilian Kilman's first goal in old gold and Raul Jimenez's 50th – Wolves cruised to a first-half lead before Everton fought back after the break, but Wolves held on to make it five games unbeaten.
Lage later said: “It was very good. The way we play, the chances we create, the goals we score, I think it was very good.
“What we did in the first-half, we don't deserve to suffer a little bit in the second-half. We did very well in the first 45 minutes, we managed the ball in the way we want, we create a lot of problems, we find the spaces, we want to play, and for the chances we create, at 2-0 it was very good for us in that situation.
“They changed a little bit in the second-half, they tried to play with three midfielders to control more the inside game, and we didn't adapt to that. We started to manage the ball, but we didn't press like we press in the first-half.
“There were more long balls from us, more staying in the block and we didn't press the way we should press and we conceded some chances from Everton. But even then, we created some chances in the second-half, and if you look over the 90 minutes, I think we deserved the three points for us."
Lage also stated: “These kinds of things can happen. That's why every game has its own history. We prepared the game very well, we had a long time to prepare the game, because we play Saturday and then Monday, we saw what Everton did and the space we can have to find the right spaces, and when they played with 4-4-2, we found the right spaces.
“When they changed a little bit, they created problems for us. I don't care if we score goals in the first-half or the second-half. What I want is a team clever enough to understand how the opponents are playing, and when the threat comes, where the spaces are where we can attack them.
“We need to be as a team for the full game. That's one of the things we can aim for. But we need to understand that when the other team changes, we need to adapt and understand how they are playing now, and we need to continue to do our performance."
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