Wolves boss Bruno Lage says they suffered for a slow start in their 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace.
Lage admitted Palace deserved the three points.
Lage lamented: "The big difference, especially in the first 45 minutes, was that we gave 45 minutes in advance with the goals we gave them. The first goal was a strange goal. I just saw there were questions about contact between the striker and Saiss, but it's not an excuse. It's just that a situation occurred, but it was so simple for Crystal Palace.
“They won the duels, they were aggressive with the ball and when you look for the goals we suffered, it was so easy and it was hard to accept. Even a defence and a team who don't concede too many chances like we do, we are solid and compact and when you look what happened in the last the three games, the goals we suffered against Arsenal, the goal we suffered against West Ham, and even today.
“West Ham from a throw, one man in the middle of four and no-one was around to tackle the man. Today, the first one was very strange, the second one, one man ran through four of my players and no-one stopped him outside of the box and they had a penalty.
“When you play against these teams, it's important that we do more of what we did in the second-half. These teams are strong, but we need to move the ball fast with consistency and personality, and we need to win the duels. We lost all the duels, especially in the first-half."
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