Krejci rues Wolves' 'unacceptable' mistakes in defeat to West Ham

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ShareWolves edged closer to relegation from the Premier League after their errors were punished in a damaging defeat to West Ham.Ladislav Krejci conceded that Wolves' "unacceptable" mistakes during their 4-0 defeat to West Ham proved costly as their slim hopes of survival were all but ended. Rob Edwards' side had started brightly at the London Stadium on Friday but found themselves behind when Konstantinos Mavropanos headed home in the 42nd minute.But two goals in less than two minutes from Valentin Castellanos turned the game in West Ham's favour, albeit with a helping hand from their opponents. Mateus Mane was dispossessed in midfield, which led to Castellanos' first goal before the Argentine ruthlessly punished Joao Gomes for losing possession on the right. The victory was sealed seven minutes from time as Mavropanos turned home from another set-piece, leaving Wolves staring relegation to the Championship in the face.Should results go against them, a defeat at Elland Road next weekend to Leeds United could see Wolves relegated, though Krejci acknowledged that his team only had themselves to blame after their lapses in concentration."From the beginning, I felt we were the better team. We had more space, we were better on the ball," Krejci told Sky Sports."For some moments in the first half, we stopped moving and finding the solution. We let them score and in the second half from our mistakes, we gave them chances."It's unacceptable how many goals we conceded. From our side, we apologise to the fans – not just for this game, but this situation doesn't help us in the table."We could've got closer, but we did not. The situation that we created, we gave them the chance to score – that's from our side."I don't want to point fingers because everybody was there. We cannot do it at this level."Wolves have now lost six consecutive Premier League matches at the London Stadium, a run stretching back to 2020-21.In London, they are winless in 11 games (D3 L8) since a 4-1 win at Fulham in November 2024.The Opta supercomputer has consigned Wolves to the second tier, and boss Edwards echoed the thoughts of Krejci in his post-match assessment. "Yes, it did come as a surprise. We're bitterly disappointed. I thought the performance in the first half was good, and we started really well," Edwards added."Going 1-0 down can happen. We talked about making sure we finish attacks better. Then two quickfire goals, they latched onto our mistakes and the game was done."You give them credit, but it is poor from us. So what started looking like it could be a positive night ended up being really difficult."It doesn't matter who makes the mistakes, we make them as a team. A couple of our best players have been robbed of the ball, it can happen, there is still a lot to do."It's a collective, and they took advantage of those tonight. For us, it is the same message. We have to try to finish strong, respect every game and go for it."We are all under the microscope, and we have to make sure we perform. Tonight is strange because we did, and then we got punished in the second half."We've got to make sure that we respond now at Elland Road. I don't think it's helped 25 days not playing, but it's not an excuse. I won't make any excuses."In the end, we got punished for our mistakes and West Ham won the game deservedly."Tonight we've got to lick our wounds, take the medicine, take the criticism, then come back and respond well."Wolves edged closer to relegation from the Premier League after their errors were punished in a damaging defeat to West Ham.Ladislav Krejci conceded that Wolves' "unacceptable" mistakes during their 4-0 defeat to West Ham proved costly as their slim hopes of survival were all but ended. Rob Edwards' side had started brightly at the London Stadium on Friday but found themselves behind when Konstantinos Mavropanos headed home in the 42nd minute.But two goals in less than two minutes from Valentin Castellanos turned the game in West Ham's favour, albeit with a helping hand from their opponents. Mateus Mane was dispossessed in midfield, which led to Castellanos' first goal before the Argentine ruthlessly punished Joao Gomes for losing possession on the right. The victory was sealed seven minutes from time as Mavropanos turned home from another set-piece, leaving Wolves staring relegation to the Championship in the face.Should results go against them, a defeat at Elland Road next weekend to Leeds United could see Wolves relegated, though Krejci acknowledged that his team only had themselves to blame after their lapses in concentration."From the beginning, I felt we were the better team. We had more space, we were better on the ball," Krejci told Sky Sports."For some moments in the first half, we stopped moving and finding the solution. We let them score and in the second half from our mistakes, we gave them chances."It's unacceptable how many goals we conceded. From our side, we apologise to the fans – not just for this game, but this situation doesn't help us in the table."We could've got closer, but we did not. The situation that we created, we gave them the chance to score – that's from our side."I don't want to point fingers because everybody was there. We cannot do it at this level."Wolves have now lost six consecutive Premier League matches at the London Stadium, a run stretching back to 2020-21.In London, they are winless in 11 games (D3 L8) since a 4-1 win at Fulham in November 2024.The Opta supercomputer has consigned Wolves to the second tier, and boss Edwards echoed the thoughts of Krejci in his post-match assessment. "Yes, it did come as a surprise. We're bitterly disappointed. I thought the performance in the first half was good, and we started really well," Edwards added."Going 1-0 down can happen. We talked about making sure we finish attacks better. Then two quickfire goals, they latched onto our mistakes and the game was done."You give them credit, but it is poor from us. So what started looking like it could be a positive night ended up being really difficult."It doesn't matter who makes the mistakes, we make them as a team. A couple of our best players have been robbed of the ball, it can happen, there is still a lot to do."It's a collective, and they took advantage of those tonight. For us, it is the same message. We have to try to finish strong, respect every game and go for it."We are all under the microscope, and we have to make sure we perform. Tonight is strange because we did, and then we got punished in the second half."We've got to make sure that we respond now at Elland Road. I don't think it's helped 25 days not playing, but it's not an excuse. I won't make any excuses."In the end, we got punished for our mistakes and West Ham won the game deservedly."Tonight we've got to lick our wounds, take the medicine, take the criticism, then come back and respond well."