Wolves boss Walter Zenga launched a blistering attack on his players and let them have both barrels after the 4-0 Sky Bet Championship defeat at the hands of Barnsley and accused them of throwing in the towel.
Four goals in the final 17 minutes from skipper Conor Hourihane, former Wolves winger Adam Hammill, Saidy Janko and Tom Bradshaw earned Barnsley an emphatic victory - their fifth in the last six games.
Zenga said: "When we conceded the first goal in that moment something happened that I never want to see again in my life. The players gave up and we conceded another three goals. It is not acceptable.
"I don't want to see my players give up because they concede one goal and make it a gift like they did in the last 15 minutes. It is a shame not only for me but for the fans as well, the club and everybody.
"This must be a big lesson for us. We will watch the game back tomorrow morning and use it is an example for the future. It is a shock as this is not a result that Wolves should have at home.
"I am shocked with how we played. I am shocked for everything. It is a big lesson for me as well. This is not acceptable. We should have a day off tomorrow but that is cancelled now and we will be at the club at 9.30 in the morning."
Hourihane deservedly gave Barnsley the lead when he latched on to the loose ball after Marley Watkins had seen two shots blocked in the 73rd minute. Hammill then weaved into the area to finish from close range 10 minutes later before Janko collected a pass from Watkins in the 85th minute to score with a curling shot.
Janko turned provider in stoppage time to set up Bradshaw who made no mistake from six yards.
Barnsley thoroughly deserved the win and manager Paul Heckingbottom was impressed by the ruthlessness of his players as they continued their impressive return to the Championship.
He said: "I'm really pleased. I said to them I was delighted at 0-0 and I was thinking this might be my favourite performance so far because of the discipline that we showed from the first whistle.
"Just after that we started to get the rewards because we should have been in front before that anyway but we started to get the rewards. But we showed a ruthless attitude and did not sit back at 1-0 and went for a second, third, fourth and in the end it was emphatic and it is down to their application and intensity.
"The goals reflected the way we want to play and that is the pleasing thing because that's the effort, energy and work we put in on the training ground so the rewards are from that.
"We've got a group of players there we are delighted to have and everyone is performing really well and that's what we really want and each one has got to push the other.
"The team is more important than me or any player and we are all pulling together for the same thing, to get wins. It's about the next game now which is Reading and that's it. If other people start expecting, it's them that are disappointed if things don't work out. We will prepare in the same way for the next game."
Source: PA-WIRE
