Hennessey thanks Wolves fans
Wayne Hennessey has thanked the Molineux faithful for helping him through the first big blunder of his Wolves career.
The Welsh international has been in outstanding form of late but gifted Burnley the opening goal in Saturday's disastrous 3-2 Molineux defeat – spilling Robbie Blake's long-range free-kick through his fingers.
The youngster regained his composure sufficiently to make a series of superb stops to prevent Burnley from extending their lead – and he reckons the support of the home fans had a big part to play. "I couldn't believe it, I was devastated," he said.
"For such a big game, and on Sky as well, I just wanted to dig a big hole and dive down it. But it's just one of those things that happens to keepers.
"I'd made a really good save just before hand and then within a minute I've maybe taken my eyes off the ball and it's crept in.
"I can't remember it happening to me before but it can be part and parcel of the game for goalkeepers.
It's just a case of putting it behind me for the next game."
At first Hennessey feared the crowd would turn on him but he blanked out the supporters as he re-focused his efforts on keeping out the Clarets.
"It all seemed to go very quiet and I thought the crowd were going to boo me, to be honest," he said.
"I've been told they then started singing my name, but I didn't really hear it because I wanted to get focused on the ball and make sure I didn't make another mistake.
"It's great to know and the fans have been fantastic to me all along.
"The other lads rallied round as well and just told me to keep going and play as I have been, which was good to hear.
"Now we look forward and after two defeats we know we need to get three points at QPR.
"The lads at the back have been fantastic recently and hopefully we can get back to keeping clean sheets."