Toti reveals ‘one of the best feelings’ after Wolves’ Black Country derby victory

Toti described leading Wolves to victory over bitter rivals West Brom as “one of the best feelings”.

The defender put in a colossal performance at the heart of the Wolves back line, playing a key role in keeping a clean sheet and restricting Albion to a minimum of chances.

Asked about captaining Wolves to victory - their first Black Country derby win at Molineux since 2011 - Toti said: “It’s one of the best feelings, definitely.

“We knew the importance of this game and we knew we had to come prepared because they were going to come with everything, and we did what we had to do.

“We’ve been training for this for days, we’ve been doing all this during the whole week, and we prepared very well.

“We knew we had to be very strong. Winning the duels was one of the first things that we knew we had to do, follow the game plan and, at the end, be patient, because we knew the goal was going to come.”

Wolves head into the international break inside the Championship play-off places after consecutive victories and clean sheets, with Toti dedicating the derby triumph to the supporters.

“It’s really good to win this game, especially for the fans as well as because now it’s the international break,” he added.

“It’s really important to finish this period well because we’re going to be a couple of weeks without a game, and the fans deserve a lot.

“This win is for them.”

Toti is among a small contingent of the current Wolves squad to have featured in the previous Black Country derby at The Hawthorns in January 2024.

And the defender has now tasted victory in both of his derby appearances.

“It’s great to win against them again,” he said. “The last one was at their home, and there’s nothing better now than playing the derby in our home.

“Like I said before, it’s even better to leave here with the win.”

Toti picked up a black eye during Sunday’s victory, describing the injury as a “painful one”, but soldiered on to help Wolves see out the derby triumph.

Fer Lopez’s second-half strike came after Wolves’ relentless pressing forced a mistake from the Albion defence.

On the goal, Toti said: “It was really good. This is what we’ve been training for. Pressing high and another goal. We’ve been scoring many goals like this, so it’s not a big surprise for us.

“I’m happy for Fer in getting the goal, so congratulations to him.”