It’s been a season of change at Wolves, who began 2024/25 with Gary O’Neil in charge and were beaten 2-0 by us on the opening day.
Vitor Pereira was appointed to take over as head coach on December 19 and immediately saw over back-to-back wins against Leicester City and Manchester United without conceding a goal.
Since then, however, Wolves have taken just one point from four games in the Premier League - a 2-2 draw away to Tottenham Hotspur that was followed by defeats to Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United and Chelsea.
Ahead of this weekend’s match at Molineux Stadium, Mikel Arteta was asked for his thoughts on Pereira, whose experience he’s well aware of.
“He’s been in for a few weeks already, so we already know and I know Vitor very well from previous clubs as well, what his ideas are, and it’s very clear how he sets up his team,” our manager said in his pre-match press conference.
“He has had a really good impact on the team, and it will be a really tough match tomorrow. They are a really well-coached team, and especially there, they are difficult to beat.
“The structure and the organisation is different, there are certain very clear principles what he wants to achieve with and without the ball, as well as certain players in different moments. Now they are in a different moment as well, so everything is important.
“They have done it differently throughout matches, regardless of the opposition and regardless of results. So that tells you a lot about their intentions, so we will have to understand very quickly what kind of game they want to propose and what is good for us.”
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