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Stale Solbakken today admitted he is under pressure to arrest Wolves' slump and said everyone needs to look at themselves in the mirror.

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Frustrated fans booed the players off the pitch following Saturday's 2-1 home defeat to Nottingham Forest, their eighth game without a win.

Chairman Steve Morgan, who turned 60 yesterday, left Molineux several minutes before the end.

Boss Solbakken admits he is now feeling the heat after Wolves have taken just three points from the last 24.

He said: "If there is pressure, then it is on me. Football is about results and it's fair that questions are raised.

"You have to live with that when you go on a long run without winning."

Asked if he felt the players were still behind what he's trying to do, Solbakken said: "From what I've seen at the training ground, we're 100 per cent in it together.

"Some players felt the heat and maybe didn't do themselves or the team justice. But when you're under pressure – and we are under pressure now – then the reaction can be different from player to player.

"If you look at yourself in the mirror, you need to look at everything – sticking to the game-plan, effort and maybe as players, coach and manager to believe in what we're doing, and to make the right decisions.

"For me now it's important to do the things I believe in. At this moment in time, there are probably 50,000 better coaches or managers in Wolverhampton than me.

"But I don't think that's the case. I do what I believe in and I can look at myself in the mirror.

"For a player, maybe they don't succeed in everything they do, but if they can come off the pitch saying they didn't hide, that's what I call looking at themselves in the mirror."

As for support from the board, he said: "I have no feeling of mistrust towards what we're doing."

The Norwegian admitted Wolves players have become "afraid and scared" after the Forest loss.

He sadi: "You could see in the second-half, at times ,we were scared and frustrated."