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Asked to explain what went wrong at Fulham, Johnstone said: “Pretty much everything – I’m completely honest.
“It’s hard to find the words. There are so many emotions, and it’s very difficult out there [the dressing room]”.
Wolves supporters again attacked the players after they crossed the pitch at the final whistle, and angrily turned on Pereira once again.
The defeat had all the hallmarks of a team doomed to relegation: conceding an early goal, a red card for Emmanuel Agbadu in the 36th minute after the Fulham break, and a comical Yersa Mosquera own goal.
Pereira said on Friday that he did not feel the club was going through a crisis, but it was a “crisis of results” and Craven Cottage’s performance certainly rang alarm bells.
No team has managed to survive in the Premier League with two points from 10 matches, and of the 20 teams who have not won after 10 matches in a season, 14 teams have been relegated.
Last season, Wolves had a hat-trick in their 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace on November 2, and while they survived after replacing Gary O’Neill with Pereira, the picture looks bleaker this time around.
“I don’t have the answer [to how Wolves can be the ones to survive] Pereira said: “But I can answer by saying last season, do you think that for a club like Wolverhampton, it was possible to win six matches in a row?”
He added, “It is very difficult, even for the big teams, it is difficult to win six games in a row. This is my answer.”
Will Pereira get a chance to turn things around?
He added, “I do my best and work hard to help my players and the club. I cannot control time and the club’s trust in our work.”
“What I can say is that me and my staff are trying everything, changing the system, changing the players, to help the team perform and get results.”
The 3-2 defeat to Burnley last Sunday – Wolves were beaten by a team that was happy to get a point with 15 minutes remaining – and the 4-3 Carabao Cup loss at home to Chelsea on Wednesday had spirit and fight at least.
They were stumbling at Fulham, making mistakes – including a Santi Bueno foul on Ryan Sessegnon’s opener – and leaving Pereira frustrated with how bad things had been during his tenure.
“It was the worst [performance]said the Portuguese, whose side last tasted victory over Leicester City on April 26.
“I felt that physically my team was not at the right level to face Fulham. Tactically, with some mistakes, we were not there technically. We wasted a lot of passes and movements and conceded the first goal.”
“The match for us and Fulham was not a great match, but after the red card it was very difficult.”
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