Dec 15,2024
Jack Taylor struck in stoppage time as Ipswich beat Wolves 2-1 at Molineux to push Gary O'Neil closer to the brink.
Matheus Cunha’s 72nd-minute equaliser looked to have saved Wolves from defeat against their fellow strugglers but Taylor was left free to head in from a corner in the fourth minute of time added on, sparking jubilant celebrations for the visitors and angry recriminations amongst Wolves players.
In the same week as angry scenes followed Wolves’ 2-1 loss at West Ham, Rayan Ait-Nouri was shown a second yellow card after the final whistle and had to be ushered down the tunnel as arguments broke out within the home ranks, and boos rang down from the stands
A fourth straight defeat leaves Wolves four points off the bottom of the table, having now conceded 40 league goals, six more than any other side.
Wolves had been on the back foot from the 15th minute, when Ipswich took the lead through a Matt Doherty own goal, although it would have been fairer to put a black mark next to the entire home defence given the mess they got themselves into.
Anthony Elanga's stoppage-time goal sent Nottingham Forest into the top four of the Premier League as they produced a late turnaround to beat Aston Villa 2-1.
Villa seemed destined to be leaving the City Ground with three points after Jhon Duran's instinctive header gave them the lead in the 67th minute - moments after goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez defied physics to produce a wonder save and keep the scores level.
But Martinez then bundled Nikola Milenkovic's 87th-minute header into his own net as Forest drew level before Elanga struck in the third minute of time added on to spark mass scenes of celebration.
The unlikely victory moves Nuno Espirito Santo's men into the Champions League qualification places and Forest fans are daring to dream after a remarkable turnaround from last season, where they survived on the final day.
Villa will be ruing their late capitulation as they suffered yet another hangover from their midweek Champions League action and boss Unai Emery is struggling to balance the fixture demands.
Jacob Murphy scored twice as Newcastle rediscovered their killer touch to condemn Leicester to a 4-0 Premier League defeat at St James' Park.
Murphy rounded off a brilliantly worked set-piece to open the scoring and, after Bruno Guimaraes and Alexander Isak had put the game out of sight, wrapped up victory with the fourth.
It was just a third win in 12 league games for the Magpies and eased some of the pressure on head coach Eddie Howe, while Ruud van Nistelrooy suffered his first defeat since taking charge of Leicester.
In truth, the margin could have been significantly bigger on an afternoon when Howe’s men were utterly dominant in front of a crowd of 52,235 at St James’ Park as they set themselves up nicely for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup quarter-final clash with Brentford on Tyneside.
