Ipswich saw their slim hopes of Premier League survival suffer a double blow on Saturday as they lost and Wolves won.
Ipswich had kept things reasonably tight at home to Nottingham Forest until the visitors scored the opener, a goal typical of their deadliness from dead-balls, and then added two more before half-time.
The hosts were never able to recover and though a pair of late consolation goals got them deservedly closer, it came only after a fourth for Forest, who solidified their Champions League prospects with a 4-2 win.
Ipswich needed a favour from Southampton, whose only remaining ambition is surely to surpass Derby's record-low points total, but they're no closer to doing so following a 2-1 home defeat to Wolves.
Saints were better here, largely restricting their hosts and creating a couple of big chances of their own, but goals either side of half-time from Jørgen Strand Larsen were enough for the visitors despite Paul Onuachu's consolation.
While it was a day which clarified things towards the bottom of the table, a 2-2 draw between Manchester City and Brighton did anything but in the battle for Champions League places.
Forest were the winners, in a literal sense of course, and with second-placed Arsenal hosting fourth-placed Chelsea on Sunday, it's sure to be a big weekend for Nuno Espirito Santo's side whatever the outcome of that match.
Saturday afternoon's only other game was the winner-takes-nothing clash between Everton and West Ham where, fittingly, there was no winner. Jake O'Brien headed home from a corner in stoppage time to earn the home side a 1-1 draw their play merited.
In the evening, Brentford came from behind to secure a rare 2-1 away win at Bournemouth.
The result saw them climb to 11th and dent Bournemouth's own Champions League prospects. They're 10 points behind Forest with nine games to play.
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