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Delight at Burnley after a tough week on the road and at home for Wolves
17.10.26, 10:13
Jamie Vardy’s first goal for his new club gave the hosts a deserved lead before Fer Lopez’s tidy finish got Wolves level before half-time. It was Tawanda Chirewa’s strike in the 72nd minute which ultimately got Cesar Peixoto’s side back to winning ways after two successive defeats.
“It was very important,” Peixoto said. “I think we deserved to win. We were the better team. In the first 20 minutes, we could have done better, but after that we managed the game, adapted to some things and I think the players understood what they had to do. They had the right mentality.
“We finished the first half better than Burnley and, in the second half, we were the better team. We could have scored more goals, but for me the most important thing today was the mentality.
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Tom Gibson
Writeris a graduate of the University of Derby's football journalism course and an accredited UEFA journalist. He has already amassed plenty of experience working for PA, Wolves Foundation and in the club's media department on a voluntary basis covering the women's and under-21s teams.