Wolves defender Nelson Semedo: I no longer have confidence in officials
Nelson Semedo admits he no longer has confidence in the officials after Wolves were the victim of another controversial penalty decision.
The last minute spot kick awarded against Fabio Silva, which handed Sheffield United the win, has been widely criticised by pundits, players and fans.
Head coach Gary O'Neil was angry with the decision, which came a week after the contentious penalty call against Newcastle.
An exasperated Semedo has now called out the debatable verdicts from officials, of which Wolves have suffered several in the last two seasons, but cannot see a way it will improve.
"Now, I don't have it," Semedo said when asked if he has confidence the officials will improve.
"Last week they had one and they said it was a mistake. This game, another one, so now I don't have confidence it will get better.
"We're disappointed, obviously, because we want to win. We had a good half and in the second half we weren't good enough.
"But one thing that I have to talk about is the referee decisions. It's week after week, game after game.
"It's always against us. They have to improve on their decisions because they have VAR and everything they need to do the right decision, but they're not getting it.
"It's enough. I'm not the type of person that likes to talk about this, but when it's game after game (I have to).
"We had Man United, Luton, Newcastle and now this one. It's time to talk about it because it's enough, we can't continue with these kind of decisions."
When asked what should be done to avoid future controversy, Semedo added: "We want them to improve their decisions.
"I'm not saying it's because of that we lost the game, but they have to have better decisions.
"A couple times they come to us and apologise, or sometimes they don't, like after the Newcastle one, but it's the fourth time already and it's going to cost us points. We want to see this solved."
A dominant first half performance was followed by a lacklustre second at Bramall Lane, leaving those connected with Wolves frustrated.
With a Molineux clash against Spurs coming up next, Semedo knows Wolves must move on quickly – but he struggles to hide his frustration as he comes back to the club's anger over refereeing decisions.
"It's difficult because it's like we're playing against two teams," Semedo said of the officials.
"This is the Premier League, it's very tough, every game is difficult, and when we have decisions like this it gets harder.
"But we have to move on because we have a tough game against Spurs, who are doing very well this season.
"We're at home and we want points, so we have to move on and try and focus on what we can control."
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