Both teams entered the game off the back of three successive defeats, with Wolves, and head coach Gary O'Neil, under particularly fierce pressure at a disgruntled Molineux.

A calamitous Matt Doherty own goal handed the Tractor Boys a first-half lead, only for Matheus Cunha to tee up a grandstand finish with his 72nd-minute leveller.

However, it was Ipswich that took all three points, with Wolves' set-piece failings haunting them once again as Taylor nodded Jack Clarke's deep corner home.

The result sees 18th-placed Ipswich move within one point of Crystal Palace in 17th, while Wolves, who had Rayan Ait-Nouri sent off after the final whistle, remain mired in 19th, four points adrift of safety.

O’Neil admitted the defeat was tough to take.

“It is a big blow for the group. Especially with how we fought to get back into the game and be the better side for the second half," he said.

“We were at maximum and felt like we would go on and win the game. To suffer that goal so late, the nature of the goal is crazy, which we have said already.

“I have worked at this level for three years and I have never had such a struggle to help the group cope with being at this level."

Wolves midfielder Tommy Doyle, who impressed from the substitutes' bench, admitted the last-minute goal had affected the players but vowed they would fight back.

“The dressing room is a difficult place to be at this moment in time," he said.

“We have to be honest with each other and figure out why we aren't getting three points. Honest conversations need to happen.

"I want the fans to know that we will give 100 per cent every single day to try and put this right for them."