“It was a good performance by the players. They scored a lot of goals against a Wolves team who played some good football. Sometime strikers go in bursts and hopefully that is Wayne on a spurt of goals now to take us up to New Year. I always say December is an important month; if we get to the new year still in the frame we have a great chance.” Alex Ferguson

“I chose to be positive with a 4-4-2 and have a go at them and unfortunately for me and us they were better than us. I thought we could have done better to block the shots. We got back into the game and we all thought we could get something out of it but maybe thinking that was our undoing.” Mick McCarthy

“We were fortunate to reach half-time at 0-0. At the break we sorted things out and were better in the second half. I’ve got to give credit to Van Persie, it was a great goal. We didn’t mean to give them chances but they’re a good team. Our team did brilliantly to be in the game. We stuck at it and did a good job. This is disappointing but we’ll think about the next game tomorrow.” David Moyes

“I told the players at half-time that the minimum we require is guts and desire and we got that in the second half. We are left to rue one sloppy 10 minute period.” Coyle also confirmed Ivan Klasnic’s injury is not too serious, adding: “I think it is a twisted knee. We hope it will not be too serious because he is a goal threat for us.” Owen Coyle

“It was a very good first half performance from us. The lads were excellent and the front four looked really dangerous, creating a lot of chances. We showed resilience in the second half and the team deserves lots of credit for standing firm.” Alex McLeish

“You can’t concede from three set-plays in the Premier League like we did, but any team would struggle with the injuries we’ve got in central defence. We’re still aiming for a top seven or eight finish if we can.” Alan Pardew

“The players deserve a lot more goals, but if we keep doing that we will go up the goalscoring charts.” Kenny Dalglish

“We were superb. Luis Suarez was magnificent and it was appropriate the best player on the pitch scored – we lost him, but that is what good players do. We never really tested Pepe Reina but I couldn’t fault anyone, and to have them biting their nails in the last 10 minutes was testament to the team. Radek Cerny is a top professional. He didn’t deserve to be on the losing side.” Neil Warnock