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Wolves boss Bruno Lage: Congratulations to Norwich

Wolves boss Bruno Lage says they cannot dwell on their FA Cup defeat at home to Norwich City.

After Kenny McLean had opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time, Wolves rallied in the second-half and Daniel Podence struck the post during a period of dominance from the hosts. Ultimately, that equaliser never arrived, and Wolves' unbeaten start to 2022 is over.

Lage said, “We wanted to continue in the competition, but Norwich scored one goal and we didn't. First-half was a different dynamic, we know the way they usually play with a line of four and our plan was to play with wingers inside to do the movements, but we had just one winger inside the pitch, and in the squad, because Chiquinho just arrived. We asked Leander [Dendoncker] to do the same dynamic as the wingers and he did his best.

“The first-half was different to what we normally do, because the dynamic wasn't there, too many people in front of the block, a good block of Norwich, we didn't have the space between the lines that we usually do. In the same way, I think we controlled the game.

“The free-kick, I already talked with Max, in the 45th minute we gave them a chance. In the second-half we came with a different dynamic, we changed everything, we created a lot of chances, and deserved at least to score one goal. After, you never know what happens. Congratulations to Norwich."

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