O’Neil stated: “It was a troublesome night that has became a optimistic one and I’m actually happy with the efficiency. It will be very simple for the gamers to have let this one go, however there was none of that.
“I do know Joao very properly. He didn’t imply it to land like that on Norgaard’s leg and I hope Norgaard is OK.”
If Wolves had been shocked, they’ve change into virtually numbed into emotional immunity this season. Their 4-1 victory over Brentford on the identical venue 9 days earlier additionally hardened their perception.
They had been gifted an early probability when Brentford goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha cleared straight to the ft of Matheus Cunha, who then dallied simply lengthy sufficient to see Strakosha make amends.
Wolves defender Toti virtually sliced a Mads Roerslev cross into his personal web, earlier than Brentford took a Forty first-minute lead. A Mathias Jensen free-kick induced confusion between two his team-mates, Mathias Jorgensen and Nathan Collins, however the ball fell fortuitously to Neal Maupay who squeezed dwelling his shot.