Nuno dreaming of Europa League title after Wolves destroy Espanyol | OneFootball

On Thursday night, Diogo Jota played the role of hat-trick hero as Wolves destroyed bottom LaLiga side Espanyol 4-0 at home to virtually guarantee their place in the Europa League round-of-16.

BBC journalist Dan Pallett told Nuno after the match that some fans were dreaming of a trip to the Europa League final in Gdansk, Poland and the Wolves boss did not do anything to quell those talks.

“They (the fans) know me; now we have to recover and rest because we play Sunday. Then we can think about other things, but dreaming is for free,” said Nuno.

“But the tie is not over, now we have a couple of days to play Norwich (at home on Sunday), so we have to rest, recover and compete well. Then we can think about the second leg. Football is never over.

“I’m happy for him (Jota), delighted because when a player scores three goals it means he has helped the team a lot,” added Nuno.

“He did a good job, not only offensively, but covering and was always organised.

“Neves also scored a beautiful goal – we took advantage of the talent of the players,” said the boss.

“It was a good performance. The first half was not so good – we didn’t create a lot of problems in possession and didn’t recover in the right areas.

“We adjusted in the second half, and scored some beautiful goals; it was a good evening. We competed well, and the result is the consequences of what we did. We were clinical and that’s what we want. Sometimes you create more and don’t score.

“It’s another clean sheet, defensively we did really well and everything starts from there, then we can let the players develop their talent up the pitch. I’m happy with the consistency of the team.”

With 12 matches remaining in the Premier League season, Wolves can still dream of qualifying for the Champions League the old-fashioned way, as they are just four points behind fifth-placed Tottenham.