Vitor Pereira has spotted a major difference in Santiago Bueno recently
Santiago Bueno was at the centre of Wolves’ demise on Tuesday night as Vitor Pereira’s men tasted a 2-1 defeat against Fulham.
In the absence of the injured Emmanuel Agbadou, Wolves have utilised Santiago Bueno in the centre of their back three instead of their new signing Nasser Djiga.
The Uruguayan played alongside Matt Doherty and Toti Gomes in the loss to Fulham, and he didn’t cover himself in glory.
Andy Thompson criticised Bueno for his failure to deal with forward Rodrigo Muniz, who bullied the Wolves defender physically.
Although the 26-year-old is technically proficient, Bueno’s physicality is a clear weakness, as pointed out by Gary O’Neil after the defeat to West Ham in December.
Vitor Pereira has also noticed that this area of his game needs improvement, and the Portuguese tactician has already spotted a major improvement.
Vitor Pereira says Santiago Bueno is more aggressive now
Contrary to what fans saw during the defeat against Fulham, Pereira believes that Bueno is now more ‘aggressive’ with his defending and understands how to deal with physical strikers.
“He’s a little bit more aggressive now because he knows that here the striker goes direct on the body,” he said via the E&S.
