THE VERDICT: WOLVES 0 CRYSTAL PALACE 2

Same 'gold' story but Rob remains positive

- By SUNNY BADWAL

NEW Wolves boss Rob Edwards believes his side got “punished” in big moments following a 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace in his first game in charge.

Palace had the better of the first half, with Jean-Philippe Mateta missing a good one-on-one chance, but eventually got their reward in the 63rd minute when the ball dropped for Daniel Munoz inside the area to stroke home.

Wolves heads dropped following the goal and Palace pounced with another six minutes later through a moment of brilliance from Yeremy Pino, who whipped one from outside the box into the top right corner via the underside of the bar for his first Premier League goal.

Palace climbed into the top four while defeat leaves Wolves nine points adrift of safety. But Edwards was keen to take some positives and saw some improvements from his new side.

He said: “The result is disappointing. The result will take the emotions a certain way. I have to try and take emotion out of it and have some clarity.

“Second half we were stronger but got punished with those moments and that’s a reason why we're here and why I’m sat here (as manager) talking to you.

“We've lost the game and I know people will be flattened by that. I haven't got a magic wand but we did win more duels, sprint more. There were improvements, but we haven’t got the result to back that up.

“We can do more, work hard, get the basics better, there are things we can tidy up on. The Premier League is ruthless and we got punished with some moments.”