Vitor Pereira makes Wolves admission after Leeds defeat

The head coach made four changes to his side but it was not enough to inspire a positive performance as they were comfortably beaten 3-1 at Molineux.

Emmanuel Agbadou continued his poor start to the season with another error that led to a goal but Pereira defended the centre-back and admitted he is still working to figure out his best team.

Pereira said: "If I ask what our best first XI is, can you say? I am trying to find it.

"I'm trying to find the balance in the team.

"Last season Agbadou was one of the best players in our team. He gave us a lot.

"Today, in my opinion, he won every duel and did a lot of good things, but in the end, in our mind, we have one mistake. 

"But every time we make a mistake, if I start saying 'it's your fault' and I take their confidence that they need to play, it will be a disaster.

"If I ask the supporters to name our first XI, I believe 10 supporters will have 10 different teams.

"We are not winning and we are trying to find the balance between them, that's why I'm changing it every time because it's not possible to keep the same XI because we are losing.

"I'm trying to understand the balance after five defeats, it's not easy to play all the games with the same XI.

"The full-backs go and come back, we need energy and they spend a lot of energy. We have five with quality and I try to balance the energy that they spend in a game.

"With the midfielders it is the same, I cannot play every time with the same midfielders.

"I'm trying to find the first XI, I'm trying to find the balance, I'm trying to find the dynamic to be consistent in our game."

With no injuries among the players, there was no room for Matt Doherty and £10million summer signing David Moller Wolfe in the 20-man squad.

Doherty started the season in the team but has quickly lost his place and has not played any part in the last three games.

Wolfe has lost out to both Hugo Bueno and Rodrigo Gomes in recent weeks, as Pereira switches out his wing-backs, and the head coach admitted it was a hard call to leave the two defenders out.

"You must tell me, if it's not Doc or Wolfe, tell me two players to stay out," Pereira added.

"This is a very difficult decision for me. 

"We have five full-backs to play in the two positions and I must decide if we need Krejci to play in midfield or centre-back.

"I need to decide if we have two centre-backs on the bench or if we go with another forward.

"It's a very difficult decision but I spoke with them and they need to try to understand that it's a difficult decision."