Edwards says self-belief key to Wolves' last-gasp win over Liverpool

Wolves manager Rob Edwards and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde celebrate
Wolves manager Rob Edwards and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde celebrateReuters / Chris Radburn

Wolves boss Rob Edwards says self-belief was key to Tuesday night's shock win against Liverpool.

Rodrigo Gomes had given Wolves a 78th-minute lead before Mohamed Salah equalised for the visitors five minutes later. But Andre then struck for Wolves on 94 minutes for the winner.

The win came just days after the derby victory over Aston Villa and Edwards remarked afterwards: “It’s not great for my heart, but I certainly could get used to it. It’s a really good feeling. I thought in the early parts of the game we showed some really good moments with the ball.

“We got through them a few times, and Liverpool started to get more control as the half wore on, so we weren’t able to get as much of the ball as we would have liked.

“But that’s Liverpool's quality, and there’s areas there for us to try and work on, improve in, but then nil-nil at half time, which is where we wanted it to be – well, we’d loved to have been winning – but we wanted to be in the game, because we felt then that we could improve, we could grow into it and that’s how we’ve been generally in the second half anyway, it’s the way our games have been going.

“There is more pressure on the opposition, they start to open up, and it leaves a few more spaces, and that’s how it went.”

On the spirit now running through his squad, Edwards admits it's clearly noticeable.

He also said: “It is confidence, but it’s a work rate thing as well. It’s taken a while and with results people will notice more, but it’s taken a while to realise how hard you got to work to get anything from a game of football, especially at this level.

“There’s just a stark difference now between when we came in to now with the level of fight and work that the lads are showing. We’ve obviously got a really small squad at the moment, but everyone’s together, everyone’s in it together. Everyone feels like they’re not too far away.

“I know we’ve got a couple of younger ones who haven’t had as many minutes as they would have liked, but I think everyone’s involved, especially with everyone fit at the moment. It’s great.

“We’ve got a tight group that are fighting for each other, working hard, and showing that we’re not maybe as bad as people would have thought.”