Wolves boss Gary O'Neil was left "disappointed" by the end of game ruck between fans in their FA Cup win at West Brom.
The match was suspended on 80 minutes for over half an hour as a confrontation between fans spilled onto the pitch, with the players ushered away to the dressing room.
O'Neil said: “It's really disappointing because up until that point it was a really good tie, a good atmosphere and I'm not really sure what happened. There was a bit of trouble in the corner and the ref advised that it might be better for us to leave the pitch as that could help the police to calm it down.
“Without knowing exactly what happened, but the way people behave when they come to football is really important. There are children in the stand, there are elderly people in the stand, so I hope everyone is ok, and it's just something we need to look at – the game around making sure everyone is safe when they come to watch football matches.
“Families coming to watch games shouldn't need to be involved in things like that. I couldn't really see what was going on, but the West Brom players' families were in that area, so it was a real concern for them. I just hope everyone is ok.
“I'm not really sure what stoked it, but I'm glad we managed to get the fixture completed safely, with no more trouble from that moment. I just hope there's no lasting effects on anybody. You could tell when we came back out that the atmosphere felt very different from that moment, so it was a real shame."
On the decision to come back, he said: “It wasn't us, it was the officials, the safety officer and the police. They were telling us if they were ready to go or not, but there were slight concerns around how long we had to wait because players were cooling down. I took Pedro off because we didn't want him stopping and starting again.
“We didn't really have a say in it, we were just asked how long we were willing to wait and we didn't want to wait too long because the players were at risk at that point, but thankfully they were able to get it under control and finish the fixture because it would have been a shame to have had to come back and finish it at a different time. It was better that we got it finished."
On what he told the players during the break, O'Neil also stated: “Just to stay calm. The first thing was to sit down, chill out and get some fluid on board because it was the later part of the game, and we managed to get some tactical fixes on which helped, and then made sure we stayed calm.
“We're not involved in anything here apart from a football match which we're trying to win, so stay focused on that. I thought they did well when they came out and maintained control, and it felt like a fairly comfortable victory."
