Wolves boss Bruno Lage says Francisco Trincao can be proud of his performance in defeat to Leeds.
Trincao scored and provided an assist in the 3-2 home defeat last night.
Lage said, “I'm very happy with him. Since the first day, he said that he needs to show more and the best is still to come. He did very well with one assist and one goal.
“He did very well in the first 45 minutes when we played 11 against 11."
Lage continued: “The second [Leeds] goal, one man down for Leeds and we were more focused on what happened to him than his teammate.
“It happened once before with Man United here, and it's happened one time again. These are things we need to learn. We need to be more experienced and grow up.
“But what's important to give us a better position in our league it's what we did in the first 45 minutes."
On areas to improve, the manager concluded: “My target is to play the way we played when it was 11 v 11, against a strong team. When people ask me my target it is about this, not whether we go to Europe or if we can fight for a different position, first we need to do this – play like we did in the first 45 minutes.
“We know the way they press, but we control the ball and before the break we had more ball possession, four or five chances to score goals and we should have more goals to kill the game. But we don't have that instinct in us.
“In the end, the positive is the first 45 minutes."
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