Wolves' defensive collapse leads to 5-3 defeat against Brentford, leaving them winless after eight-goal thriller.

Wolves' defense crumbled in a chaotic first half, allowing Brentford to score four goals and put visiting manager Gary O’Neil under immense pressure. Brentford secured a remarkable 5-3 victory in a high-scoring encounter.

Wolves remain bottom of the Premier League and are winless along with Southampton, Crystal Palace and Ipswich. Some visiting supporters turned on O'Neil during the second half by booing and chanting "you don't know what you're doing" at one of his substitutions before also singing "We want Fosun out" at the club's owners.

Their torrid away day began instantly. Brentford were denied from scoring in the opening 60 seconds for a fourth consecutive time but instead, they netted in the second minute when Nathan Collins headed home.

Wolves, though, responded through Matheus Cunha's equaliser in only the fourth minute yet fell behind again when Bryan Mbeumo rolled in a nerveless penalty after VAR had spotted Collins being hauled over by Mario Lemina at a corner.

However, the visitors quickly equalised once more as Jorgen Strand Larsen stabbed in from Rayan Ait-Nouri's low cross.

Brentford responded immediately. Wolves comically gave the ball away in their box and Christian Norgaard ruthlessly found the bottom corner for a third Brentford lead.

The hosts wouldn't give it up again. Wolves allowed Ethan Pinnock to be completely unmarked from a corner to head home in first-half injury-time to make the score 4-2.

Wolves were desperately poor at the back in the opening period although carried plenty of threat in attack which disappeared in the second half. They had goalkeeper Sam Johnstone to thank for making a string of saves which kept the score from ending in double figures.

Brentford substitute Fabio Carvalho tapped in a late fifth and, typically, Wolves responded through Ait-Nouri's solo run and finish during injury-time.

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