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Vitor Pereira dragged away from spat with Wolves fans after Burnley’s 95th minute winner

Vitor Pereira had to be dragged away from a spat with Wolves fans after Burnley’s 95th minute winner on Sunday.

The result meant it was Burnley’s first away win of the Premier League season, defeating Wolves 3-2 and leaving Vitor Pereira’s side winless at the bottom of the table.

Zian Flemming’s first-half brace had put Burnley two up after 30 minutes, but Wolves came back with a penalty from Jorgen Strand Larsen and a header by Marshall Munetsi to level the score before half time.

Despite Wolves’ momentum, they couldn’t find that much needed winner, with fan frustration aimed at chairman Jeff Shi, owners Fosun, supporters singing, “”You’ve sold the team, now sell the club” as well as manager Vitor Pereira, with chants of “sacked in the morning” at full-time.

Wolves’ Jhon Arias saw his effort come back off the bar in the second half, and in the 95th minute, a superb late save by Martin Dubravka from Santiago Bueno.

Burnley held on for the win, lifting them to 16th place, five points clear of the relegation zone, Wolves sit bottom with 3 points from 2 points, and winless in 9.

Vitor Pereira on approaching fans after the game: “I said to them we are working a lot and we need to fight together. I understand the frustration. The team gave everything to win. If we fight with them (the fans), united, we can win games. Without them it’s impossible.

“Two months ago they sang my name, but now I understand without results…it’s football. Now they sing my name to sack me. This is football. If I was a supporter, I would feel proud of my team because they worked and showed the mentality, ambition and spirit to win.”

 Pereira spoke to BBC Match of the Day: “A lot of frustration because we have worked a lot on the pitch to win the game, but football is football and sometimes it is very unfair.

“We need to understand that we lost this battle but the next game is another battle. The three points would be very important for us to give confidence. We keep working to be better in the next game.

“The first half we conceded two goals from the long balls in the back and it’s something we work on. When a team scores, it means the other team made mistakes and we didn’t control the ball.

“A very good reaction, which showed the mentality of the team. We scored two goals and we talked [at half time] about needing three points and doing everything to win the game. They did everything, even with Burnley in the low block.

On the interaction with supporters after the game: “It’s normal with the frustration of the result in the last minute. They are frustrated. In my opinion, the team deserves the support because the players gave everything on the pitch. In the end, they must feel proud about the work of the players but we understand another defeat is difficult to balance.

“We cannot fight alone, we need them United and together we can do it.”

Jorgen Strand Larsen spoke to BBC Match of the Day: “It’s not nice to be a Wolves player or fan right now and I’m really sorry to everyone out there supporting us. That is why we love and hate this game and right now we hate it. Sorry to the fans for not being able to give them what they deserve.

“After a slow start, we came back and played good football. We deserved to win today and it’s just the moment we are in right now.

“We are really sad, it’s one of the worst feelings I’ve had in a long time. The only positive is that there is 29 games more to go and we need to keep going and believing in ourselves.”We need to look at eachother, be positive and look where we can improve. That is especially for me – I haven’t been at the same level as last season and I’m trying to get there. It was nice to get a goal but it doesn’t really matter in the end.”

On going over to the fans at the end of the game: “It’s not nice. We don’t want that but it’s what you need sometimes, to let the frustration out. I was just trying to listen a bit and we can understand the frustration.”

Burnley boss Scott Parker, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: “It was dramatic at the end and I am ecstatic with the result.

“The game started incredibly for us with some huge quality in how we play. The Premier League can do that to you sometimes and we were disappointed to come in 2-2 at half-time. At the end, a bit of quality gets us the winner. An incredible finish from Lyle [Foster] and the assist from Hannibal – the weight of the pass and detail.

“Back-to-back wins are pretty massive for us and our first away win. It’s something we need to build on and will bring confidence to such a young team. A massive win for us.

“We have been hugely competitive this year. We scored in the dying seconds today, in other games we have conceded in the dying minutes [Liverpool and Manchester United]. We probably earned the right to get that today.

“I am immensely proud of this group. They have got something about them.”

On Zian Flemming’s goals: “Both goals were brilliant goals for us. I am pleased for him, he was crucial for us last year and he has not been in the team. He made his start last week and scored two goals today. I am delighted for him.”

Here’s how Twitter users reacted with Vitor Pereira dragged away from a heated spat with Wolves fans after Burnley’s 95th minute winner…

@JMTB_86: Whoever comes in next won’t be here next season either, by the way. @Fosun_Intl will be paying 3 managers off whilst looking for another. How have the clowns accumulated any success in any business? 🤡 #wwfc

@simonhodgo: What an absolute soulless and joyless sack of shite that was. You don’t deserve our support. We’ll be there though, we were here long before and we’ll be here long after @Fosun_Intl. Time to show us if you really care about our club now. Back the team or sell the club #wwfc

@JonnyQ88: Tweeted this earlier but Larsen can get to fuck. You don’t get to send voicenotes to Eddie Howe all summer, then gee up the fans 2-0 down at home to Burnley, then come over at the end to tell us fans how we feel. Glad he got the shit he did. #wwfc

@wwfcmatt09: Get these frauds @Fosun_Intl out this club now!!! Bring us some owners who actually give a fuck. Vitor I’m afraid your credit in the bank from last season has gone. You need to step down or you need sacking. We are in an absolute spiral and as it’s going we am going down #wwfc

@woodall85: Sacking Vitor probably doesn’t solve the problem but it will be a start. Fosun are, and always will be, the biggest problem. Either way we’re absolutely fucked #wwfc

@EadoSK6: #Fosun should recognise crisis now. If they don’t see it from a football perspective they should from the value of their asset. Tens of millions will be wiped off with relegation. It’s been creeping in for a long time. #wwfc #wolves

@JackHowles: Ipswich all over again, time to go VP. Amazing how the ownership has let this happen again however, awful management of a football club. #wwfc #WOLBUR #fosunout

@WV1Rep: Sacking Vitor doesn’t solve anything. Them negligent, incompetent cretins still own the club and Shi, whose job has been untenable for years, is still there. Nothing changes until BIG heads roll at the top of the club. Sell the club and FUCK OFF. #WWFC #Wolves #FosunOut #ShiOut

@NickAllen224: You know what the worst thing is? That was one of our better performances. It wasn’t good, but not our worst. And it still wasn’t enough to avoid defeat at home to Burnley. Nothing is working. This club, fundamentally, is not good enough. There is no quick fix for that. #WWFC

@Dwarfio: The buck stops at the very top, managed decline for four seasons. However, Vitor has to go too, he’s looked broken from day one of this year and in game management has probably cost us six points. As for the players, difficult to polish a turd isn’t it? If only our players were as good at winning matches as they are at waving their arms in the air after doing the bare minimum, we’d be world beaters #wwfc

@kevtheman10: The first 30 minutes was bloody awful and Flemming certainly scored his 2 goals for with ease too.🤷‍♂️Larsen scored his penalty and Munetsi equalised, but they wasted chances and bottled it at the end.🤦‍♂️It’s a 3-2 loss now no league wins in 9 matches. Ffs Wolves.🤦‍♂️🐺 #WWFC #WOLBUR

@Cookmtt1976: After that he has to be sacked. What a shambolic end to Vitors time at the club, he has lost the plot with his selection, tatics and subs and carries the can but what other team has 8 years in the prem and gets weaker every year. We will go down with a whimper. #wwfc

@DylanTheWolf: That was a total embarrassment. Beaten by a side that settled for a point on 50mins. Vitor lost his head & had a go at the fans in the SB. What the fuck have we done?! Think he will be gone in the morning. Fosun out #wwfc

@_webbz: Andre, Joao, krecji, Santi. Only players I’d allow to move on next year. The rest can actually do something and get promotion back. Don’t want that, then they can fucking rot for all I care. Absolute scumbags! Literally can’t put effort in for 90 minutes a week! #wwfc

@futwwfc: VP obviously needs to go, but it also doesn’t change anything. Woeful footballers, some of them aren’t even championship quality. Fosun Intl are the rot at the core of this football club and until they’re cut out, absolutely nothing will change. #wwfc

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