The Brazilian made his much-anticipated comeback as a second-half substitute, after serving a four-game ban for the red card he received in an FA Cup defeat at Bournemouth.

He slotted home when one-on-one to put this contest beyond Spurs late on, as the pressure on Ange Postecoglou continued to mount.

Rayan Ait-Nouri had earlier volleyed Wolves in front after just 85 seconds, while Djed Spence's bizarre own goal doubled their advantage before half-time.

Mathys Tel turned home Brennan Johnson's cross to halve the deficit in the 59th minute, but that goal sparked Wolves back into life as Ait-Nouri robbed Cristian Romero before teeing up Jorgen Strand Larsen for a tap-in.

Richarlison narrowed the gap again when he headed in five minutes from time but, less than two minutes later, Cunha pounced on some loose play from Lucas Bergvall and sprinted clear before calmly finishing past Guglielmo Vicario.

Wolves are up to 16th in the table and 14 points clear of the bottom three with just six games remaining, after Ipswich Town squandered a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 with Chelsea.

They are within one place and two points of Spurs, who suffered their 10th away league defeat of the campaign, in 15th.