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We asked for your views on Saturday's game between Wolves and Brighton.

Here are some of your comments:

Wolves fans

Murray: If we are going to play a back four, we need full-backs who can defend. This rules out Ait-Nouri and Semedo, who rarely get goal-side of the opposing wingers, are often stranded yards away, and are collectively responsible for four of the five goals conceded so far this season. This needs to be resolved quickly.

Rob: Yes, we struggled. Yes we need a good striker. But not Silva - please. He has been a total waste of money, given nothing in return for the investment, froze in front of goal and we're still in the position as last season when he was away elsewhere. Proof being, he comes off, Hwang comes on and scores. Sell Silva and cut your losses.

Steve: Bottom three again looking forward to Championship football next season. I don’t see a way forward if you’re not playing the strikers you have from the beginning. All this soaking up pressure malarkey instead of good attacking football and scaring the opposition. The same team played on Monday with even less success. Isn’t that a clue?

Michael: Same old story, can't take our chances. A reality check after last week's unlucky loss. On the bright side Brighton beat us 5-0 last time so a slight improvement. It is in attack we need strengthening. I am a bit concerned at the description of challenges as half-hearted. This early in the season?

Brighton fans

Gordon: Roberto De Zerbi seems to find a way to cover holes and cement the team when some of our best players are sold, and they play just as well if not better. Unfortunately it can’t be said if De Zerbi decides to move on to a bigger club and takes his coaching staff with him. There are very few managers who have his ability.

Mick: A similar game to the previous week. Dunk and Webster looked very secure at the back. Gilmore very busy and effective. Mitoma, March and Enciso were almost unplayable at times. Took our foot off the gas at 4-0. Wolves looked dangerous at times but were wasteful. Still need a defensive midfielder. Onwards and upwards.

Sam: Two games in, eight goals scored and top of the league. This club never ceases to amaze! We could do with a holding midfield player as we do look a little open at times on the counter, however, Gilmour looked great and there are no words for Mitoma’s opener. Enciso was the best player on the pitch and we have such depth now! Just wow!

Steven: What a performance! After Wolves had a good game against Manchester United, I thought we might find this game tough. However, I was very wrong and this squad is showing their quality. What a start to what will be another great season.

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Wolves defender Max Kilman to PLP: "I think we started really well; they are a top side. We didn't take our chances, they did. The margins in football are really fine and we saw that today.

"We are creating chances, but we need to find the net; we are back on Monday in training getting ready for Everton.

"[Working with Gary O'Neil] has been really good. It has only been eight days so there is a long way to go but I'm confident we will come out on the right side.

"Every manager is different but we need to adjust to the way he wants to play."

Matthew Howarth, BBC Sport

Gary O'Neil and his players felt extremely hard done by after being denied a late penalty at Old Trafford on Monday evening, but they can have few complaints at the manner of Saturday's defeat.

After creating several opportunities to cancel out Kaoru Mitoma's sublime first-half effort, Wolves were taken apart by Brighton in a devastating nine-minute spell early in the second period.

Fabio Silva, making his first start for the club since April 2022, endured a disappointing afternoon in front of goal, having an early strike disallowed for offside before being denied by Brighton goalkeeper Jason Steele in a one-v-one situation.

There were other chances too as Matheus Cunha, Pedro Neto and Rayan Ait-Nouri all failed to hit the target from good positions, but Wolves were once again made to pay for their profligacy.

Matheus Nunes' needless late dismissal - for a petulant shove on Pervis Estupinan - capped a miserable afternoon for the home side, who could be set for another long season unless they improve drastically at both ends of the pitch.

• Brighton have won their opening two matches in a top-flight season for only the second time, previously doing so in the 2021-22 campaign.

• Wolves conceded four goals in their first home league match of a season for the first time since the 2003-04 campaign, when they lost 4-0 to Charlton Athletic in the Premier League.

• Albion’s Kaoru Mitoma ended a run of 13 Premier League appearances without a goal, with his goal today his second in the Premier League against Wolves.

• The Seagulls have scored in their last 15 away Premier League matches, their best league run since scoring in 16 in a row in League One between August 2009 and February 2010. It’s also the longest current run of any Premier League side and more than twice as long as anyone else (Spurs, 7 games).

• Solly March has been involved in 15 goals in his last 19 Premier League starts for Brighton,, today netting only his second brace in the competition (also vs Liverpool in January).

A stunning solo goal from Kaoru Mitoma and a second-half double from Solly March helped Brighton cruise to victory at Wolves and make it two wins from two at the start of the Premier League season.

Mitoma collected Pervis Estupinan's pass near the halfway line, slalomed his way through a number of half-hearted challenges and beat the onrushing Jose Sa with a calm finish into the far corner.

The hosts were made to pay for their profligacy in a devastating nine-minute spell at the beginning of the second half, Estupinan doubling the visitors' lead with a low finish just 41 seconds after the restart.

March made it 3-0 with a first-time strike into the roof of the net - a finish that will no doubt have caught the eye of watching England manager Gareth Southgate.

Second-half substitute Hwang Hee-chan pulled one back for Wolves with a well-placed header, but it was scant consolation on a sobering afternoon for Gary O'Neil's side, who had Matheus Nunes sent off for a second bookable offence in added time.

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Chris Sutton will be making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches again this season, against a variety of rivals. Next up is DJ, producer and Newcastle fan Anish Kumar.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

Wolves were brilliant at Old Trafford on Monday but left with nothing to show for it.

It was an incredible decision not to award Gary O'Neil's side a penalty against Manchester United when Andre Onana fouled Sasa Kalajdzic near the end but, before then, Wolves had created enough chances to win, let alone take a point.

This game is really interesting because I watched Brighton last week and, although they thumped Luton and played well, going to Molineux is a much tougher test.

I think this one might come down to who takes their chances and, on that basis, I am backing the Seagulls.

Anish's prediction: Brighton under Roberto de Zerbi play football any other fan would be envious of with players like Kaoru Mitoma and Evan Ferguson. 1-3

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Gary O'Neil has been speaking to the media before Wolves' Premier League game against Brighton on Saturday.

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• O'Neil confirmed the same team are available from Monday night's match at Manchester United and there are no new injury concerns.

• After their narrow defeat to United, O'Neil felt it was an "important" and "positive first step", and that the players "took real heart and belief from what they did at Old Trafford and Monday".

• The club and O'Neil received an apology over a penalty that wasn't given against United, but despite feeling "disappointed" he said: "There is human nature involved in making decisions. I don't think anyone is trying to do anything on purpose or there is favouritism."

• On opponents Brighton, he said: "Excellent coach, fantastic group of players. Really good model for anyone looking to get promoted from the Championship and progress and the way they go about it, the football they play and how well the players understand the processes they go through -they're a big threat."

• Asked whether he will need to do like he did when he became Bournemouth boss, O'Neil said: "A process and just understanding what it’s like to be modern-day players and one of the advantages of being a young-ish coach is that it doesn't seem that long ago since I was playing, so some of the things that I would have felt will still be relevant."

• On what players will have taken from Monday's performance, he said: "Of course players will take belief from performances, belief from themselves, belief in what I'm asking them to do. Progression will never be a straight line, there will be bumps and tests, that's the nature of it - that's the Premier League."

• After a number of outgoings this window and not many incomings, O'Neil feels Wolves could still be "a tad short in a couple of areas" but stressed "things change quickly".

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• Wolves have lost their last three Premier League games against Brighton, having been unbeaten against the Seagulls in the previous six beforehand (W2 D4).

• Brighton have won their first away league game in each of the last four seasons. Only two teams have ever done so in 5+ consecutive Premier League campaigns – Chelsea (5) between 2001-02 and 2005-06, and Manchester City (7) between 2014-15 and 2020-21.

• Wolves haven't won their first home league game in any of their five seasons since their return to the Premier League in 2018 (D3 L2).

• Brighton have only failed to score in one of their last 29 Premier League games, finding the net in each of their last 17.

• Since Roberto De Zerbi's first game in charge in October 2022, Brighton's Premier League games have seen more goals scored than any other side (114 – F65 A49).

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Former Wolves striker Don Goodman believes Gary O'Neil has already "changed a lot of supporters' minds". Speaking before Saturday's game against Brighton, he told the Albion Unlimited podcast: "When you lose your manager five days before the season starts, it is turmoil. But, against Manchester United, Wolves looked sharp, quicker and seemed to have the most energy.

"I can't remember the last time they created that many chances in a game.

"Fans were slightly underwhelmed with the O'Neil appointment, but I think he will have changed a lot of supporters' minds already.

"If I had to watch one team every week in the Premier League, it would be Brighton. There's nothing not to like about that club.

"It will be a packed game, Wolves fans will get behind the team and be mindful of what a good team they are facing in Brighton.

"The Seagulls are probably most teams' worst nightmare. Wolves will need to be on top of their game and more clinical if they want to create chances."

Mike Taylor, BBC Radio WM

Shall we talk about the penalty decision? We could, but there have been a million words shouted and typed already. None of them, alas for Wolves, tell us anything that was not apparent – if not clear and obvious – on Monday night.

Let’s imagine, then, that the game had ended a few moments before that. Wolves might still have felt some injustice, that their performance had been worthy of greater reward than just a moral success, but without quite the bitterness. It really was a fine showing. Solid and well-organised, they did much more than merely hang on. In the second half, confident they had neutralised United’s forwards, Wolves attacked with verve.

Matheus Cunha’s footballing ability has been evident since his arrival. His suitability for the central striking role has been more debatable, but not here. This was Cunha with the contrast turned up, driving at defenders and daring them to challenge. With Mario Lemina similarly spiky in midfield, there was a sharp edge to Wolves too often absent over recent seasons.

And yet, it may have been Gary O’Neil’s first game in charge, but a familiar fault had recurred. Cunha should have scored, perhaps Pedro Neto too, but missed. Fabio Silva, prominent after coming on, did at least make the keeper save from all his chances. But Wolves, averaging less than a goal a game over the past three seasons, could have won despite that refereeing decision.

O’Neil had an answer ready for the obvious question: "I don’t think tonight was a recurrence of that pattern. We arrived in really good situations with good numbers, and if we do that we’ll score enough goals. [Last season] I’m guessing that they didn’t arrive as many times as we did, with as many in the box."

He made a fair point, as had his team, to remind supporters that while the squad may not be deep, it is talented. They also shown any unimpressed by O’Neil’s appointment that the players have faith in him. For the new manager’s first home match, even the critics would have rallied a little.

But Monday’s first performance should ensure that, to start with at least, Molineux will give O’Neil the generous hearing he deserves.

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Former goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel says he cannot "understand" why VAR is in use when controversial moments continue to be so prominent in the Premier League.

On Monday night, Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana clashed with Wolves forward Sasa Kalajdzic late in injury time, prompting several observers to state the visiting team should have been awarded a key penalty on their way to a 1-0 defeat.

The on-pitch official and VAR did not overturn Onana's apparent foul but on Tuesday, Wolves received an apology from referees' chief Howard Webb, who is head of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL).

“With this many years into VAR, it still confuses me that we can get these situations," Schmeichel told BBC Radio 5 live. "VAR is there to correct the wrongs, and when something like that happens and it's not corrected, I don't understand why we have it.

"It takes up a lot of time, and takes the breath out of the game. When we have a situation like we did yesterday, it’s clearly the wrong decision and VAR doesn’t intervene.

"There are so many things in the game that aren’t for us fans it just annoys you. These little things are just taking up the narrative.

“I thought it was a penalty, I thought it was a rash decision by Onana, who by the way played a really good game. Even though I would have been annoyed at losing the lead in injury time, I would've accepted it because I thought it was a penalty."

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Wolves surprised the nation on Monday night with a fantastic performance against Manchester United. Many pundits had them to go down, but Wolves left empty-handed because the performance was marred by refereeing controversy.

Andre Onana clearly and obviously wiped out Sasa Kalajdzic in the box with a minute to go and neither referee Simon Hooper nor VAR assistant Michael Salisbury gave a penalty. It begs the question what the process is, because the decision made zero sense.

I have never seen such a one-sided argument on social media for the penalty to be given - from Manchester United fans too. I am worried that neither the on-field referee nor VAR didn’t conclude that a spot-kick should be awarded.

Wolves had multiple chances and should have put the game to bed - but sadly, we are already talking about controversial officiating.

Wolves left with nothing... but have received an apology from Jon Moss. I'm sure they would have preferred a point.

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We asked for your views on Manchester United's win over Wolves on Monday.

Here are some of your thoughts:

Man Utd fans

Andy: Manchester United looked lethargic. Is the pre-season jaunt across the globe taking its toll? The build-up play was far too slow, with players static and a distinct lack of movement. Very frustrating to watch as a United fan.

Sean: Outpassed, outfought, outclassed and completely outplayed for large periods of the game by a side with no signings and tipped for the drop. If they had a finisher, it could have been a repeat of Brentford away last season.

Ian: Wolves are a bogey team (the last few games have been 1-0 or 0-0) and the team that played has actually only played together once before. Marcus isn't a striker, put him on the left and Hojlund is desperately needed in the XI. Onana was solid. We ground out the result like last year, but play like that against a team with a striker we will lose.

Wolves fans

Chris: Wolves were magnificent bar the final finish. After a summer of uncertainty and doom-mongering, Wolves played Manchester United off the park for large passages of play. On a different day, Wolves would have won comfortably or at least left with a point. Erik ten Hag has much to ponder and Gary O'Neil much to be delighted about.

Tom: Wolves looking a threat every time in attack. Players showing some real fight and determination. Unlucky not to take anything after having 23 shots on goal. Lots of positives to take from GazBall for the remainder of the season.

Tony: Same old story Wolves playing 12 men and missing open goals. At least they are getting there to miss them. Wishing O'Neil all the luck in the world as he needs it.

Phil Cartwright, BBC Sport

Putting aside the controversial penalty incident in the closing seconds, Wolves will feel hugely aggrieved not to have come away from Old Trafford on Monday with at least a point.

However, the same old problem of failing to convert chances resurfaced and they were made to pay by Manchester United, in probably the one passage of play when the visitors slightly switched off defensively. That is the difference against the very top sides; when they create a presentable opportunity, they take it and they win the game despite being below par.

But Wolves can take great heart from their display in a losing cause.

It feels unfair to single out players for particular praise when everyone involved contributed, but Nelson Semedo had perhaps one of his best games for the club at right-back, while the midfield duo of Mario Lemina and Joao Gomes were outstanding at breaking up play and recycling possession quickly.

There was a refreshing dynamism about Wolves going forward, too. Their lack of goals has long been a criticism, as has a perceived lethargy in building attacks. Here though, Pedro Neto, Matheus Nunes and Matheus Cunha were not afraid to carry the ball from deep and drive at defenders with speed and confidence.

I expect in time to see Fabio Silva, who looks a different player to the one who left Molineux on loan a year ago, come into the side alongside Cunha up front. He got into some superb positions in the box during his cameo from the bench and tested Andre Onana on a couple of occasions.

Repeat this type of performance regularly - of course adding that clinical edge in the final third - and Wolves will be absolutely fine this season.

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The three Premier League officials at the centre of last night’s penalty controversy at Old Trafford that triggered apologies to Wolves from two senior refereeing officials have been overlooked for this weekend’s matches.

Referee Simon Hooper, VAR Michael Salisbury and assistant VAR Richard West are regarded as ‘not selected’ rather than ‘dropped’ as the appointments had not been made before the game at Old Trafford.

However, the move is as a direct result of the collective failure to award Wolves an injury-time penalty in their 1-0 defeat when United keeper Andre Onana caught striker Sasa Kalajdzic in the face and got nowhere near the ball as he attempted to punch clear.

Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) chief Howard Webb and Jon Moss, head of the elite group of Premier League referees, separately told Wolves last night the decision was wrong.

The move is part of Webb’s demand for enhanced accountability for mistakes that are made.

When Andre Onana clattered into a host of bodies deep in injury time during Manchester United's win over Wolves, BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club discussed the action live.

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