Wolves manager Gary O’Neil has been speaking to BBC Radio WM following his side’s Carabao Cup exit: “There is frustration, of course. There are lots of positives but obviously the main thing is always the result, of course it is. We know that the run of fixtures we are in is brutal.
“We made a lot of changes but the team still functioned well. We made some errors without the ball in the first half that gave Brighton a little bit too much joy. Once we managed to get that tidied up with the players, they were able to follow the plan much better.
“We were the better side, which takes some doing here. We should’ve won that second half with no problem. Of course, should have’s and could have’s aren’t going to help us, but moving forward you can still see that we ‘re giving ourselves good opportunities to win football matches against tough teams.
“Unfortunately, at this moment in time, we haven’t managed to turn one [result] our way. The lads are still taking a lot of heart from how well we’re able to do on the road against a tough side that haven’t lost yet this season.
“Gutted to lose again. Gutted that the lads gave themselves such a great opportunity of getting a big result on the board for us. Just that last little bit let us down and the sucker-punch at 3-1 made it difficult.
“So far, my guess would be that we have been second-favorite in every game. I think we will be for the next few as well so we’re having to fight against the odds at the minute. We are doing enough to get results, but we are falling a bit short.”
On giving some of his other squad players the chance to impress: “I thought [Goncalo] Guedes was excellent. He obviously had a tough few years with injuries and being unsettled at the club. He showed quality, he was bright and he worked unbelievably hard for the team.
“So there were lots of positives in that, but we will always come back to the result.”
