Jack Taylor scored with the final attack of the game to put Wolves and Gary O’Neil in big trouble as Ipswich claimed a massive 2-1 win.

O’Neil’s men appeared to have salvaged a point when Matheus Cunha canceled out a Matt Doherty own goal, but a failure to keep out a late set-piece proved costly for Wolves as Taylor headed home in the 93rd minute lap.

There were angry scenes in the final stages when Rayan Ait-Nouri, who received a second yellow card after the final whistle, had to be dragged down the tunnel by teammate Craig Dawson after a collision with Ipswich’s Wes Burns as boos rang out from the stadium .

“I was disappointed that he couldn’t control himself because we needed him,” O’Neil said.

“We are small enough in certain areas of the pitch and now I need to find a left-back for next week.”

Ipswich were excellent for 65 minutes, Liam Delap setting the tone in attack and it was his superb performance on the right that caused chaos in the penalty area, which ended with Doherty deflecting into his own net.

The boos and groans got even worse as a series of Wolves attacks ended with poor passes and poorer decision-making, but Wolves finally pulled something out of the bag and equalized in the 72nd minute when Cunha missed a questionable goalkeeping performance from Arijanet Muric passed by.

Wolves pushed for the winner but Taylor headed home from a brilliant set-piece from Jack Clarke to secure the points.

Wolves have now lost their last four Premier League games and are four points behind the bottom of the table.

They have won just two of their 16 league games this season and O’Neil is now in serious danger of losing his job.

O’Neil: These players need me

Wolves Boss O’Neil:

“This group needs me to get them to a point where they are ready to go and I will continue to fight for them. And that doesn’t mean I won’t be fired. For every outcome, my chances are greater.” The loss of my job will increase, that’s nothing new – it doesn’t affect me.

“When I talk to Matt (Hobbs) and Jeff (Shi), they will tell me I have to do more or they will replace me. That’s the same message to players: you have to do more to compete at this level, otherwise you’ll be replaced.

“I don’t care about my own position – I know the work I do every day and I know the situation we are in. It took a lot of work today to get this group to work the way they did. People can point it out. “Give me the finger, but in these moments the players have to take a lot of responsibility, when we get into a good position and get the ball off the pitch – I can’t help them with that – that’s the Premier League.

“(Dara) O’Shea throws down the pitch for (Liam) Delap and we don’t deal with it, that’s not my fault. I can’t change that. These are the boys. I feel really comfortable as a coach. “The standards as a coach and what I will do in the next few years, no matter how long I decide to be a coach, I also accept difficult moments.

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“A brilliant moment”

Ipswich Boss Kieran McKenna:

“This is a brilliant moment for us and we have been on the other side this season so we have to enjoy it. I thought we were the better team until they scored their goal and then we came under a lot of pressure. We held on.’ I thought five or six minutes from the goal we would have come back – and it’s a great opportunity for Jack to score his first Premier League goal.

“I didn’t think about it (relegation) before and I’m not thinking about it now. I didn’t come to the Premier League worrying about where we would end up. We want to make the most of the journey we have ahead of us. “We are there and showing our identity as a football club and that is exactly what we will try to do.”

Opta statistics: The suffering of wolves

• Wolves have lost four or more Premier League games in a row for the second time this season and have conceded a total of 40 league goals, conceding two or more in 13 of their 16 games this season
• Doherty’s own goal was Wolves’ third own goal in the Premier League, more than any other team, and it was the first own goal from which Ipswich benefited in the competition since May 2001 (Horacio Carbonari v Derby).

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