Jorgen Strand Larsen opens up on fan conversation as he backs Vitor Pereira to lead Wolves to safety
Jorgen Strand Larsen has revealed he approached Wolves fans to apologise and listen to their frustrations following the defeat to Burnley.
The striker came up to the barrier at the South Bank to take the brunt of the anger from fans, before team-mates and head coach Vitor Pereira followed him in some ugly scenes at Molineux.
Larsen, who scored a penalty in the 3-2 defeat to the Clarets, is sympathetic to the fans' feelings and was sorry for the loss.
He said: “I’ve been in this situation before. I know how it feels for supporters and I know how it feels for players.
“Sometimes, you just have to go and listen. It’s hard to say anything because you don’t want to make it worse.
“So I think this was about allowing them to speak and us listening.
“These supporters are the ones who drive us forward. They are always there for us, always have been and I can understand their frustration right now.
“Obviously, if I was a Wolves’ supporter, I’d be frustrated myself.
“We get that. We’re not trying to save ourselves.
“We went over there to listen and to give our apologies because we know it’s not good enough.
“At the same time, I think we need to look a little bit deeper into that because today we deserved to win.”
For the first time Wolves fans chanting for Pereira's sacking, as they also turned on the players at Molineux.
But Larsen insists the squad are fully behind Pereira to take the club forward.
He added: “Yes, of course, all of us are.
"We know what we did last season. We're not blaming anyone here.
“Obviously, it's tough for a team with a lot of changes in the summer.
“There are a loads of new faces and it needs time to adapt. That's why I'm feel like in the last few games we're getting there.
“Spurs, Brighton, it’s at the end of the games again.
“If we're a bit more on top of it, we might take six points, instead we take two.
“But it's just where we are right now. We don't blame anyone else. We don't think that someone's fault. It's all of us. We just have to keep on going and try to make the best out of it.
“We’re trying to stay positive in the group and we know that there is 29 more games to go."
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