Rob Edwards knows his Wolves team will have to be even better than they were earlier in the week if they are to progress in the FA Cup when they face Liverpool once again at Molineux on Friday night.
The Old Gold claimed all three points late on against the Reds in their Premier League meeting on Tuesday as Andre’s added time effort secured the victory after Rodrigo Gomes had opened the scoring with a neat finish.
Although the Brazilian midfielder is suspended for the cup rematch with the men from Merseyside tomorrow evening, Edwards has full belief that his squad can replicate their impressive performance and result from three days ago, while acknowledging their opponents are going to come to the Black Country looking for revenge.
On back-to-back wins at Molineux
“It’s been a nice few weeks for the club. There’s been a lot of hard work, and it’s nice that we’ve had some rewards with points. I’m under no illusions that the games have been close, they have been tight, and they could go either way.
“Respecting that, we’ve got to play Liverpool again tomorrow and we did do well, but they dominated large parts, and we knew that was going to be the way and we did limit them to few big chances.
“Also, those games have been tight and fine margins, but the lads deserve a lot of credit, because they’re working really hard and competing with some top, top teams.”
On facing Liverpool for the second time in four days
“It’s the same team, but we will redo it because we always go through it. We’ll all always look at areas that we didn’t get right the other night, areas we need to improve, areas where we think they’ll try and exploit, so there’s always bits that we can brush up on. We need to be better than we were the other night to try and get something from the game because we expect them to be better.
“Reflecting and watching the game back and what we’ve been able to say with the boys, they’re a brilliant team and they’ve got great players. They might make one or two changes, but I don’t anticipate loads of change tactically, because it could still cause us problems what they do.
“But I think they’ll look to try and do things better and quicker, and we’ve got to be ready for that. There was actually a lot of good stuff in the first half without us then carrying enough threat, and we were actually pretty good without the ball and there was some really good moments with it as well.
“But once we actually broke a line or got behind their midfield, we needed to be a bit better. The game then started opening up a little bit more in the latter stages and we looked a bit of a threat, but I thought the impact of the lads coming on was really good.”
On keeping his squad fresh
“We made some changes, but that was because of knowing what was coming up, but also we felt it was the right way to try and win the game on Tuesday night. We did that for both those reasons and it’s hard for me to prioritise either game.
“We’re really valuing this game tomorrow and this game tomorrow is now the most important game of our season, but Tuesday night was the most important game of our season at that moment. It was really difficult for me to not value a game against Liverpool in the Premier League, so it was about trying to pick the right team to win a game of football, and knowing that we’ve got to be really good.
“We might have to ride our luck a little bit, and maybe things go our way for what happened to happen and now we’re in a good spot now, apart from Andre suspended, where everyone’s fit and available for tomorrow night.”
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On allowing the fans to dream
“Of course, they are. We’re going into the game with all intent and purpose to try and win it. Our aim is to go through and to progress as far as possible in the cup.
“We know the scale of the challenge, we know how good Liverpool are, and we’re always trying to be very respectful of the opposition, but especially this opposition. They’ve got an amazing manager who’s won things and their players are all used to winning the biggest of titles, but we have to go into the game believing, and I want the fans to as well.”
On increasing the belief of the squad
“We have to go into every game believing. We’ve shown more recently that we’re able to compete with anyone, so we have to believe. Again, we know the scale of the task, and we completely respect how good they are and know that they’re going to want to get the win.
“They’ll want to prove that they’re better, and they’ll want to win the game after what happened on Tuesday night, so we’ve got to try and make them relive it.
“But we believe that we can turn things around. I think we’re showing that now, but it’s going to be a long-term thing. I’m just happy that there was a really good energy around, I’m really happy that the fans were able to celebrate a couple of really good wins in quick succession, and it does feel like there’s a really good feel around the football club at the moment.
“But I know there’s a lot of good work going on here, we’re working really hard, the lads are giving everything and we will get things right, but it will take time.”
On the connection between the fans and the players
“They’ve had some more to shout about. No doubt about it. I don’t want to labour on the point of how challenging it was at first coming in. There was a lot of people to try and pick up and it wasn’t a case of clicking your fingers and start winning.
“There’s been a lot that we’ve had to work on, but it’s great that the players are all involved and on board with it and I can really sense that the supporters are as well. There’s been clubs in recent seasons in similar sorts of positions to us, and even earlier in the season where this place could have turned quite toxic, and it was challenging playing here at Molineux, but the fans weren’t against the lads, and you could sense that they just wanted us to perform and play.
“Now you can see that the lads are giving everything, they’re running really hard, and now the fans are rewarding that, and then the lads are rewarding them with better performances. But I’m loving it.
“I was loving it when it was tough at the beginning, because I felt that we were given the responsibility to try and help turn things around. This job in any football club is a challenge, but I absolutely love it. I love coming in every single day, I love working with everybody, and I’m really proud and privileged to be the head coach at this club.”
