Under the Portuguese, Wolves have won more points than the three promoted sides put together
The bottom three have won 16 points from a combined 43 games in that time (Ipswich eight, Southampton five and Leicester three).
Kieran McKenna’s third-bottom side12 points behind the visitors with seven games left. After a damaging defeat.
It was a game Ipswich had to win. Yet a third successive league victory. Should now end Wolves’ own relegation fears with just 21 points to play for.
No side has dropped more points from winning positions in the top flight this season than Ipswich (25) and they have simply not been competitive enough.
They have led against Fulham (twice), Manchester City, Aston Villa,(twice), Brentford, Leicester, Bournemouth, Manchester United and now Wolves and failed to win.
Even Liam Delap’s 12 goals have been unable to help them bridge the gap at this level.
He has scored 38.71% of Ipswich’s 31 this season. Only Alexander Isak (41%), Mohamed Salah (39%) and Erling Haaland (36.8%) have higher figures in this campaign.
“There will be plenty of time to talk about it, analys. It and reflect on the positives and negatives,” add McKenna.
“We knew coming into this nine-game block the balance of probabilities was really small. But we committed as a group to show the right values and show full commitment.
“We have Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Arsenal here. After that, Newcastle at St James’ Park and Everton in one of the last games at Goodison.
“We have some fantastic fixtures coming สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน up for a club. Who haven’t been into the Premier League for 22 years.
“I know today is a big setback and it hurts, but I know the players and supporters and everyone are going to muster up the energy to compete as well as we can in the last few games.”