Sheffield United 2-1 Wolves: What O'Neil said

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Wolves manager Gary O'Neill speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "I don't really know what to say on it apart from it's not a penalty. I have spoken to the referee who says there is contact. I've watched it so many times, it's minimal contact between Fabio Silva's shin pad and George Baldock's calf.

If that's a foul then there were a million fouls in that match today. The referee was so quick to want to give it, it's never a clear penalty. He just needs to wait calmly and if he's made a big error then VAR will let him know. It's never a penalty kick.

"Disappointed with that and with our second half. First half I thought we were excellent and should've taken some chances and should've been probably 2-0 up at half time.

"The game was scrappy second half and we didn't adapt to that, created some negative momentum and two crazy goals. The ricocheted one and the penalty. We sort of created that with the way we went about the second half. We need to be more clinical with the first half.

On the late penalty decision: "I don't know where to go with it. We're told to go in and have a sensible conversation but I do and he's [Robert Jones] still sat there watching it with me and telling me it's a penalty. That tells me that we're in a crazy place. Baldock knows just to move his foot across, he goes down before the contact. The referee is telling me he doesn't see that which tells me we're in a real bad spot.

"We need to be better, though. We can't let these mad decisions decide things for us we've lost six points because of it this season.

"With the way the second half went leaving with a point would've been deserved. There's no way we deserved to lose the match. But we move on. Monday we need to get to work."