Wolves 3, Cardiff City 1
Neil Warnock believes Cardiff City threw away their chance of victory at Molineux.
Wolves captain Danny Batth scored twice to send Cardiff City crashing to their first Championship defeat in four matches.
Bluebirds manager Neil Warnock: “I don’t think they won the game, we lost it
“We looked comfortable early doors and even after they scored we looked dangerous.
“I don’t think there was much wrong. You couldn’t say the players didn’t try – we didn’t get the rub of the green on certain decisions, but in away games you don’t expect that.
“We had some great opportunities. Every time we crossed the ball we looked dangerous, but we couldn’t finish on our chances.
“Wolves took their chances. People were not listening to who they should be marking and that’s the cost.”
Warnock believes his Cardiff team needs ‘three or four’ quality players to give themselves a chance of challenging for promotion in 2017-18.
“I saw a lot more out of the game looking to next season than I have done for quite a few games,” he said.
“It’s reiterated certain things that I know that we need. We’ve got a decent squad. We need three or four good players to supplement that.”
Cardiff have seven Championship fixtures left their next match is against Barnsley away on Tuesday before they take on Brentford at home next Saturday.
Bath scored his second goal of the season to put Wolves ahead, while Kenneth Zohore’s ninth goal in nine games three minutes made in 1-1.
A second header from Batth restored Wolves’ lead before half time before Portuguese winger Helder Costa’s individual goal after 83 minutes sealed a fourth successive win for Wolves.
Cardiff have not won away since February and they were made to pay for defensive errors and missed chances by the home team.
The Bluebirds slipped one place to 14th in the table while Wolves, who edged closer to safety, remain 16th.
“It was a well deserved win ,” said Wolves manager Paul Lambert. “We were excellent from the off – some of the football we played was fantastic.
“There’s a lot of work still to be done, but we’re on the right road of trying to create something really good here.
“In comparison to some other clubs we’re nowhere near where we want to be in the division, but we’re exciting to watch.”
Wolves: Lonergan, Coady, Batth, Hause, Doherty, Edwards, Evans, Costa, Cavaleiro (Bodvarsson 73), Marshall (Saiss 73), Weimann (Saville 87). Subs not used: Dicko, Burgoyne, Gibbs-White, Williamson.
Cardiff City: McGregor, Richards, Morrison, Manga, Bennett, Bamba, Hoilett (Noone 63), Gunnarsson, Ralls (Whittingham 63), K Harris (Pilkington 79), Zohore. Subs not used: John, Halford, Connolly, Murphy.
Referee: Andy Davies
Attendance: 20,519