Every word from Ruben Amorim press conference before Wolves 8 December

Ruben, when the team has the opportunity this season to step on and push up the league, to move into the top-four, top-five areas, there seems to always be a setback, like tonight. Do you think there’s an issue with their belief, their coping with the pressure of the moment in these games?

“I don’t know. I think it’s a clear fact, but I think it’s not a mental thing. I think they are not thinking, ‘We are going to top five’. No, no. I think it’s some moments we play good, sometimes we play bad and we are not getting the results.”

Do you think Diogo and Matthijs will be okay for the next game?

“I think so. We’ll see.”

Ruben, you’ve used the word anxious when you described Patrick Dorgu last week. Diogo Dalot used the same word after today. How do you go about solving the team maybe feeling anxious when they have a one-nil lead?

“I said that Diogo is anxious?”

No, last week, you said Patrick Dorgu, sometimes on the ball, so it’s obviously similar with Diogo, he used the word and [said] the team felt anxious when they were 1-0 up today. How do you help the team get through that feeling?

“I didn’t feel the team [was] anxious. I feel the environment was a little bit anxious because it’s normal, because we prove in the past when people understand that nothing is certain here, but we didn’t draw because of that. We draw because in one second ball, we have advantage, we let a corner and, in the corner, and anything can happen.”